Its about time

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/01/10/how-to-repel-pirates-blast-them-with-a-laser-cannon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DiscoverPhysicsMath+(Discover+Physics+%26+Math)&utm_content=My+Yahoo

Maybe they can add a sound cannon - one that shoots out low freq waves - makes the pirates crap their pants on the way in - tough to hijack a ship with a pants full.

And you would know this, HOW ??? :mrgreen:

Since the laser power is adjustable it would be easy to accidently turn the knob from “scare the pirate” to “vaporize the pirate” when the boat hits a slight swell in the ocean. oops, darn wave, where did that pirate boat go? What pirate boat?

Is there a crawl space setting?

It doesn’t have to be so high-tech.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/i05000/i05583.jpg