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Sleek and sinister-looking, the latest weapon against piracy could have flown directly out of a science fiction film.
The US military has deployed its Reaper unmanned drones to scour the Indian Ocean with their all-seeing, infra-red eye.
Somali pirates are attacking farther and farther from home; previously safe areas are now very much within range.
The farthest attack from shore has just taken place - an oil tanker managed to evade two skiffs some 1,000 nautical miles (1,850km) off Somalia - 400 nautical miles (741km) north-east of the Seychelles.
