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A case of the minnow going after the shark here ?! I think about 30 years ago there was a similar movie out- "The Island" in which pirates took down a Coast Guard Cutter. Apparently a bad career move for these pirates :
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040103217.html?hpid=sec-world
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040103217.html?hpid=sec-world
NAIROBI -- A U.S. Navy warship exchanged fire with suspected Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean early Thursday, the latest salvo in a growing international effort to curb piracy in one of the world's most strategically important shipping lanes.
Shortly after midnight, the suspected pirates fired on the USS Nicholas west of the Seychelles Islands in an apparent attempt to seize the ship and hold it for ransom. ...