[monday]

AK 47’s have a much longer range than either fire hoses or flair guns and add to that the fact that diesel fuel isn't very flammable...well? I think a fifty caliber machine gun would be a better option.

[Hodar]

Unfortunately, many of the ports that these ships visit have laws regarding allowing an armed ship from entering the harbor. An armed ship may be construed as a military ship, and therefore makes the commercial harbor a military target.

That is the only reason, IMHO, that the ships have been unarmed for so long - they haven’t had the right to self-defense.