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Article: Technology made here helps ward off cruise ship attackers.
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- November 14, 2005
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A cruise ship attacked by pirates off the East African coast escaped the incursion with the help of technology invented in San Diego.
The Seabourn Spirit was en route to Mombasa, Kenya, when it was attacked at sea about 100 miles from Somalia early Nov. 5.
Somalia, a largely lawless country of 8 million people, has been virtually anarchical since 1991. Its capital, Mogadishu, was the site of the battle between Army Rangers and local fighters, made famous in the film "Black Hawk Down."
When the ship came under attack from two small boats, the crew used a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, to target the pirates with a high-powered sonic blast, ...