In the distance that great big beautiful ship must have seemed like manna from heaven, and it looked ripe for the picking however.. . as Somali pirates fairly flew toward that ship, which was sailing near the Seychelles Islands on Sunday, thehad to be just a LITTLE freaked to two boats and a helicopter pop up and launch their own counter-attack.
They had failedto note, with the sun apparently blinding them, that the “merchant ship” they thought they were intercepting was actually a French naval ship which was equipped with not just cannons, but also radar technology and armed commandos.
WHOOPSEY!!
When the boats were close enough, Lt. Commander Jean-Marc le Quilliec sent his commandos out on outboards, with a helicopter to provide air support and the heli provided warning shots to keep them from fleeing. Eleven pirates surrendered..
Captain Jack Sparrow would have NEVER made a mistake like that. . .
