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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 04 > Cruise ship crew used sonic weapon, speed to get away from pirate attack

Cruise ship crew used sonic weapon, speed to get away from pirate attack

By Sebastian Abbot / The Bulletin
December 4, 2008

MUSCAT, Oman — At this port north of the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, passengers from the cruise ship M/S Nautica told The Associated Press on Wednesday they had been warned of the danger of a pirate attack even before they embarked, and that the crew used a device that blasted....

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