U.S. destroyer pursuing hijacked ship in Somali waters, military says

A U.S. destroyer was chasing after a ship in Somali waters, which was hijacked by pirates. This is the first time a destroyer has followed a ship inside the 12-mile limit, which marks Somali waters, when they were chasing a pirate. The destroyer sunk the pirate skiffs tied to the back of the boat. The ship which was hijacked was filled with benzene, a human carcinogen, and was a Japanese ship. There have been many instances in the past year in which ships have entered Somali waters and were forced to stop as they can't enter the 12-mile limit.

I thought that pirates and pirate ships were a thing of the past, however this shows me that I was incorrect. There are obviously quite a few differences between the pirates of old and the pirates of today. Obviously, pirates no long use swords and have switched to machine guns, and they don't use huge wooden ships, they use speed boats. Luckily, I very rarily am in a boat, let alone in the ocean so I really don't have to worry.