[Lucy Lake]

A book entitled "Dangerous Waters:Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas" by John S. Burnett explores the issue in depth.

[x1stcav]

I am about to add that, this has been an issue with the blue water cruising communirty for at least 5 years. I am of the opinion that this is simple piracy.

[Travis McGee]

Thanks for the ping. It's still fairly easy for terrorists/pirates to take a ship underway. It's no longer a simple matter for them to control it for a long period of time and get it to a port to use it as a weapon. Private and governmental groups are now ready to recapture or stop hijacked ships at sea.

It's still possible, just less likely, that a ship will be used successfully as a WMD. IMHO.