could make life disagreeably stimulating for those helo crews addressing Somali piracy
I think this would be the last thing they would be used for. There's far more headline-generating civilian targets flying around the Med.
The talk in the paper today was provided limited man-portable anti-armour weaponry. The air threat has been dealt with so we won't be issuing them any MANPADs etc. Still, I am worried about the true colours of some of the rebels we are backing.