Subscribe to RSS feedUS Navy pinpoints traits of vessels at ‘high risk’
CHARACTERISTICS of vessels most in danger of being boarded in the Gulf of Aden, and of those most likely to escape the attention of pirates, have been profiled by US Navy Intelligence, writes Nigel Lowry in Athens .
Nigel Lowry - Friday 29 May 2009
Slower vessels transiting the region during the daytime without any special defensive preparations being taken were likelier to be hijacked, while a “complacent crew” was another factor heightening the risk.
According...
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