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Sonic solution may not be a sound investment
Use of long range acoustic devices called into question after security patrol ‘armed’ with sonic lasers face pirates toting AK-47s and rocket launchers
David Osler - Tuesday 2 December 2008
IT WAS touted as the smart and relatively inexpensive way to provide merchant vessels with security from pirate attack. Instead of hiring armed guards to accompany ships through the Gulf of Aden, Poole-based company Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions offered shipowners what seemed a safer choice.
APMSS teams made a selling point out of offeri...
