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CNNより
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U.S. Navy, suspected pirates clash

No U.S. sailors were injured.

At the time, the USS Cape St. George, a guided missile cruiser, and the USS Gonzalez, a guided missile destroyer, were conducting maritime security operations in the Indian Ocean, the Navy said. (Watch report of U.S. Navy battle with pirates -- 2:07)

It was during a "routine boarding" of the suspected pirates' vessel that the naval boarding team noticed the crew was armed with what appeared to be rocket-propelled grenade launchers, said the Navy.

"The suspected pirates then opened fire on the Navy ships," a press release from the Navy stated. "The Cape St. George and Gonzalez returned fire with small arms in self-defense."

Photographs released by the U.S. Navy showed a small outboard motor speedboat with writing on its side with three men aboard. Another photo showed what appeared to be a bullet hole in the hull of one of the U.S. ships, and in a separate photo, a small boat engulfed in flames, with a long plume of black smoke.

Pirate attacks and hijackings are common off the eastern African nation's coast and usually target U.N. World Food Program vessels carrying relief supplies for the millions of people affected by the drought in the region.

Last week, Somali pirates kidnapped 50 Yemeni fishermen off a Yemeni island just east of Somalia, according to Yemen's state news agency, Saba. (Full story)

On November 5, pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades at a 440-foot luxury cruise liner operated by Seabourn Cruise Line. No one was hurt, and the captain was able to get away before the pirates could board the ship.

CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report
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英語の記事だが、要するにアレだ。

米海軍のイージス艦2隻がインド洋をパトロール中に、海賊の襲撃を受けて応戦。
海賊をボコボコに返り討ちにしましたという話。

襲撃された艦は、イージス艦。
具体的には、タイコンデロガ級イージス艦のケープ・セント・ジョージ、アーレイバーク級フライト1イージス艦ゴンザレスの2隻だ。

海賊側の戦力は、小型漁船に毛が生えた程度のモノ。これで小銃やRPGで襲撃したというのだからスゴイ。まともな神経じゃとても真似できない芸当だｗ
タイコンデロガ級などは、巡洋艦クラスだが何かの輸送船と勘違いしたのだろうか…。艦影からはとても間違えようがないと思うのだが。

まあ、一応米側も被弾してちょっと穴が開いたそうですから、ちゃんとした正当防衛なのでしょう。小型の下記で応戦したとあるのですが、自爆ボートテロ対策で付けられたM2あたりなのでしょうか。

まあ、こんなボートふぜいに艦砲やハープーンはたたき込めないだろうし、CIWSの出番でもなさそうですからね。
とりあえず、この海賊は無鉄砲OF THE YEAR、無茶しやがってOF THE YEARの受賞です。