Pirates (IMAGE)

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Pirates

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A visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) approaches a suspected pirate vessel. Predicting the risk of pirate attacks on shipping lanes could soon be easier, thanks to a data system that's just one of 364 technologies patented by the US Navy in 2014.

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(US Navy photo/Released)

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