Climate Scientists Ask For Help Fighting Somali Pirates 300
thebchuckster writes "Scientists are seeking the help of the Australian and US navies to repel Somali pirates who are threatening one of the world's key climate monitoring programs. They hope to deploy about 20 robotic instruments in a no-go area north of Mauritius. The instruments, which record ocean heat and salinity patterns, are programmed to submerge and eventually resurface to upload their data to satellites."
Correlation (Score:5, Funny)
But global warming is caused by a lack of pirates!
Re:Easy solution (Score:5, Funny)
You've got the wrong idea entirely, frankly. Mercenaries are expensive. Tourism, however, is profitable. So, you make it like a safari. You know, for the chance to go send some pirates to Davy Jones' locker. The 'fishing license' just absolves prospective pirate hunters from prosecution.
So, you restore and or build a few PT style boats, strap a few twin-fifties, miniguns and grenade launchers on pintle mounts, and let any sociopath with ten thousand bucks to spare have some fun. You'd have a waiting list a mile long.