High-Tech on the High Seas

Cannons and cutlasses might have kept the pirates of yesteryear at bay. But not so for modern-day pirates, who troll the seas with GPS systems, satellite phones and rocket-propelled grenades. As piracy off the coast of Somalia escalates to unprecedented levels, ships are turning to a growing arsenal of high-tech, nonlethal weapons to protect themselves. Even the sly Jack Sparrow of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise would have a tough time contending with the earsplitting sirens, pain... Full Story