Comments on: Never Seemed Like a Workable Idea

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:29:28 +0000

Water cannons seems to be pretty effective when it comes to less then lethal. Of course, you have to have some brave individuals fighting people shooting at you with a stream of water. I wonder how much of a problem a flamethrower would be? Believe it or not, they are pretty much unregulated in the United States.

By: Guav

Guav — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:39:51 +0000

I’m thinking mostly along the lines of something non-lethal that civilian vessels could use as a defense. Personally, I would like all of the pirates blown the fuck up, but I don’t expect that cruise ships and merchant vessels will want to be doing that sort of thing themselves :)

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:32:08 +0000

That could be effective, but it doesn’t actually incapacitate you, it won’t do much. Plus, it’s microwave based, so countermeasures are possible, and aren’t all that difficult to create.

By: Guav

Guav — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:27:39 +0000

They should use that pain ray weapon thing … you know what I’m talking about?

By: Wolfwood

Wolfwood — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:28:50 +0000

Much of the LRAD’s effectiveness also depends on what sounds it projects. Against Americans, the Vonage yodeling would virtually constitute a weapon of mass destruction.

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:15:20 +0000

Wouldn’t they just start wearing hearing protection at some point?

By: Linoge

Linoge — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:21:48 +0000

As a warning system, the LRAD functions beautifully – it gets the point across that if you come much closer, the next loud sound you hear will be after your hull gets perforated. As a defensive system, it is more-or-less useless.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:36:13 +0000

A loud noise will actually work quite well to deter pirates, assuming it’s the result of rapid gas expansion immediately behind a major caliber bullet.