U.S. Navy / Getty Images The USS Nicholas, came under fire from pirates Thursday in the Indian Ocean. The frigate disabled the pirates' boat and captured them.
It was not the first attack against a Navy ship, but it underscored the fact that most pirates aren't terribly sophisticated :faint: , said Roger Middleton, a piracy expert at the British think tank Chatham House.
"If you think of the kind of young men who are doing this, they go out into the middle of the ocean in a tiny boat. They might not always make rational decisions, and they often attack things that are bigger than they should (attack)," said Middleton.
"It's also quite possible that they don't have a full understanding of the targets they are attacking. Perhaps they just see a big ship they think is a worth a lot of money," he said.
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