What shall we do with the pesky pirates...

...what shall we do with the pesky pirates, what shall we do with the pesky pirates, earl-eye in th' mornin'?

Professor Hale has a few ideas worth considering. His point about convoys is particularly noteworthy. After all, what's the point of having a Navy if you can't queue up and guard your commercial fleets through treacherous waters? Beyond that, though, the solutions boil down to good common sense: if you're going to sail the Horn of Africa, you should probably have some fortified control rooms, lots of guns, and preferably a few people onboard who know how to use them well.

Fighting back against barbarism. What a concept.

(Disclaimer: this post should not be taken as intending overt hostility toward Jack Sparrow, the Dread Pirate Roberts, or Captain Harlock, all of whom are rogues bearing the official seal of rebellious approval. It's worth noting that none of these individuals have ever been spotted off Somalia or in the Strait of Malacca, either.)