By cryptoandcoffee on Skatehive
A Chinese merchant sailor preparing a Molotov cocktail as their defense against the Somali Pirates. Today I was scanning for video's for my advert post and got sidetracked by the Somali pirate videos. If you haven't seen them they are quite awesome and a little addictive. This has been going on way too long now and I am hoping things are slowing down and eliminating the threat is the only way. There are a flotilla of navy vessels against the pirates speedboats. You will be shocked to know how many Navies are involved out there now. Phillipines, Chinese,British,American,Indian and Russians are all out patrolling the waters.Just think it is nearly the 10 year anniversary of Captain Phillips and his crew being hijacked whilst on route delivering food aid. Most of the merchant ships that travel this route have some sort of preventative measures in place including mercenaries on board. This vessel in the video below has a ring of barbed wire in place and it just seems crazy. The rest of the