Water hoses as anti-pirate cannons

May 16, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized 

Bill Sweetman looks at an interesting proposal by Raytheon and Unifire to use existing fire-fighting equipment abord cargo ships to fend off pirate attacks. Raytheon’s added value is modifications to the navigations radar to enable it to track small incoming boats. The water hoses are claimed to be able to disrupt RIBs at over 100 meters.

A potentially attractive concept for cargo ships that desire an effective piracy countermeasure without actually being armed with firearms (which creates all sorts of legal ramifications).

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  1. Tukey on May 16th, 2009 10:39 am

    Nav radars would have a dead zone close to the ship, due to receiver being switched off while the pulse is xmitted. Wonder if Raytheon added a shorter pulse width mode. Methinks optical tracking is a better option here.

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