Now What! Navy's Runaway Defense Against Pirates Stinks on Ice

The recently lauded United States Navy simple plan against pirates off the Somali coast of putting the metal to the pedal, making warp speed and out running the skinny bastions of 18th century piracy has hit a huge reef. To put it mildly, the Navy has no appreciation of the 21st century capabilities of the enemy. Those skinny little buggers know exactly what they are doing. You would have to figure that with millions of dollars involved in heisting ships that there would be more to this story than the oft repeated lie of a couple of dozen lazy layabouts just trying to get some weekend party money. Right. Spanish Radio, Cardena Se, reports Somali pirates are in contact with agents based in London and get up to date, detailed info on the who, what, where intell on vessels, routes cargoes, and ETA's. Using, Satellite radios for intell and "sophisticated equipment to locate their targets" these pirates have surprised captured crews with the amount of detailed info on the ship and the crew and cargo. NewsDaily