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A look at the news and security issues surrounding acts of maritime piracy.

HMS Portland Successfully Intercepts and Disarms 2 Pirate Skiffs

Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 01:04 in piracy, boarding, skiff, ctf 151

(Photo: U.S. Navy/John K. Hamilton Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class)The call went out from the Spanish patrol aircraft making a reconnaissance flight over the Gulf of Aden.It had spot 2 suspicious skiffs, flying over them revealed that rather ...
Piracy in the Gulf of Aden Continues to Rise

Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 01:24 in piracy, gulf of aden, ctf 151

(Photo: U.S. Navy/D. Keith Simmons Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class)Figures released by the Combined Task Force 151 indicate the problem of piracy continues to rise at an alarming rate.Attacks are already nearing the number recorded in 2008, a...