Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Anti-Pirate Software Now Available That Tracks Risks At High Seas

Anti-Pirate Software Tracks Risks At High Seas -- Discovery News

A Navy software program combines multiple data to pinpoint areas at risk of pirate attacks.

* A sophisticated computer model by the U.S. Navy predicts where modern-day pirates may strike.
* Among the data entered are weather, ocean currents, shipping routs and classified intelligence.
* The result is a color-coded map that reveals high-risk zones of the ocean.

The U.S. Navy has developed a new weapon in the war against pirates, a sophisticated computer model that combines weather, ocean currents, shipping routes and classified intelligence data to predict where modern-day buccaneers may strike next.

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My Comment: I take the contrarian view towards this news .... this software is just another new tool for the pirates to use.

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