dazdaz
The most logical end to this situation would be divers from the US warship drill holes in the life boat hull, thus sinking it. Whereby the pirates would have to ditch the AK's in order to swim. Simple solution.
That's bizarre - I was thinking exactly that only this morning - I guess the divers would have to wear re-breathers (?) to avoid bubbles, but my guess is the US will come up with something far more complex to resolve the problem. A bit like the US solution to writing in space - spent millions inventing a special pen to work in zero gravity, but the Russians just used pencils!
STH