Non-lethal protection for ships against pirates

The P-Trap system being tested by the Royal Dutch Coast Guard in conjunction with the Royal Netherlands Rescue Institute and the Royal Dutch Navy

Piracy is a serious problem in the Indian Ocean and off the Somali coast. The problem has been with us in that area for several years now, and it was a far back as 2005 when Lodewijk Westerbeek van Eerten of the Netherlands had an idea for combating it.

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