ARTICLE: "Pirates in Skiffs Still Outmaneuvering Warships Off Somalia," by Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 16 December 2008.

So long as it's our big warships versus skiffs, expect frustration, Maritime frontier integration more logically features mother ships that host attacking swarms--both manned and unmanned.

Obviously, that's a big job for a stressed Leviathan--hence the need for lotsa friends and encouraging those friends to evolve their own force structures toward this common goal.

This would be a great conversation to have with the People's Liberation Army-Navy.