A year after Somali piracy peaked with more than 100 ships attacked, the world’s navies have assembled dozens of warships to combat the threat. David Axe joins the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook in Djibouti, to observe firsthand this “global war on piracy.”
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by DAVID AXE
NATO Commodore Steve Chick visits USS Donald Cook off Djibouti to discuss piracy.
(Video: David Axe)
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