Luxury Russian Cruise Hunts Somali Pirates

Posted by Alex in Crime & Law, Travel & Places, Weapons & War on June 26, 2009 at 1:23 am

Perhaps this is the way to deal with Somali pirates, and get a little R&R at the same time: a Russian luxury cruise line is offering wealthy customers the chance to hunt pirates!

Wealthy punters pay £3,500 per day to patrol the most dangerous waters in the world hoping to be attacked by raiders.

When attacked, they retaliate with grenade launchers, machine guns and rocket launchers, reports Austrian business paper Wirtschaftsblatt.

Passengers, who can pay an extra £5 a day for an AK-47 machine gun and £7 for 100 rounds of ammo, are also protected by a squad of ex special forces troops.

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Update 6/26/09 – It’s a hoax, though I think the proposed (morbid and not to mention unethical) solution is still a matter of interesting debate – Thanks rb!

 
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