Navy’s Latest Anti-Pirate Defense Sadly Does Not Involve Ninjas
Piracy on the high seas is a growing problem, so the Navy’s latest lightweight fighter, the Littoral Combat ship, has a system specially designed to knock out pirates without killing them (so it obviously don’t use ninjas). The Running-Gear Entanglement System, developed by the Coast Guard, is decidedly low-tech—basically a floating net that jams up…
