the vessels the somali pirates use rely on GPS to track the big ships so yes they can be identified. The idea is brilliant but who will buy into it?
There is talk of a joint navy to patrol the indian ocean esp the gulf of aden so there is the will to stamp out piracy....

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Calvin Omari <calvinebarongo@gmail.com> wrote:
You see its of the best interest for US to have war in Somalia they must be taking OIL while these guys are busy fighting, and hence with no Gava in Somalia definitely Piracy will Flourish and if they were really serious US have the best Machinery to sweep them clean

Regards


On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Claire Njoki <clairenjoki@gmail.com> wrote:
lol...

...I hear that the Pirates of The Somalian have very sophisticated
equipment and weapons and they also use very fast boats...I believe
they are rich enough to afford all this:-)

On the other hand, I believe the US can still track them live using
their satellites or they can even send a drone...my question is why
they do not do it...?

On 12/14/10, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Tech List Kenya
> <techlistkenya@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [....]
>
>>
>> At any one time it is possible to know which legit vessels are on the sea
>
> Actually, the pirates are probably using technology to know what to
> target. I doubt they set out on hit&miss missions covering  thousands
> of square miles of sea. Question is, if you were to get the data in
> realtime, how do you determine what's legit and what's not?
>
>
> http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/faq.aspx?level1=160
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>
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