"Just when I thought pirates were out of the news I came across this juicy tidbit…
Luxury yachts in Russia are offering pirate hunting cruises in the dangerous waters off the coast of Somalia with the hope of being attacked.
Passengers pay about $5,000 to patrol and can pay an extra $17.50 a day to receive an AK-47 machine gun for protection and about $10 for 100 rounds of ammo.
The yachts travel from Djibouti to Mombasa in Kenya and deliberately cruise close to the coast at a speed of about five nautical miles hoping to attract pirates.
Apparently there are also ex special forces agents on the yachts to lend passengers additional support should the pirates somehow get past the barrage of machine gun bullets.
I know, I know. Pirate-hunting sounds like some kind of joke, or perhaps the plot of a new action movie. But if it is indeed true (the story was reported by ABC which makes it somewhat credible), we need to seriously consider taking Running Man Ben Richards out of retirement and sending him in to turn the tables on our wealthy comrades.
Arnold Schwartzenager [as Ben Richards dressed as a pirate] to Russian yacht passenger: “I live to see you eat that contract, but I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I’m going to ram it into your stomach and break your god-damn spine!”
[Via: ABC]
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