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Originally Posted by SPUCK
I'd want to stand there behind a large round target with psychotic pirates shooting at it. Yeah yeah. I volunteer.
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The Gurkha operating it on the cruise ship, suffered from splinters, so I guess they were trying.
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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Can this device be rendered useless by a $50 pair of noise-cancelling headphones?
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I doubt it. Getting hit with this thing is more than a loud noise, it would rattle your head like a firehose, at close range.
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Originally Posted by newtimer
...or some foam earplugs?
That's why I'd rather just let a submarine lurk quietly in the area.
Pirate boat comes. Sub launches a torpedo. Pirate boat breaks in half and sinks without ever knowing what hit it. Sub resumes lurking down below.
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The "area" is thousands of square miles, and trying to hit those speedboats with a torpedo would be like trying to shoot fruit flies with a rifle.
IF, the sub was in the right place, at the right time, a deck gun would have a better chance.
I think aircraft is a better choice, but the ship has to hold them off long enough.