“The ship, operating off Oman in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, was crewed by heavily armed men, some carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers. What followed, officials said Wednesday, was a rare victory in a sea war against Somalia-based piracy that has become increasingly more violent. A patrolling Indian navy frigate quickly identified the vessel as a ‘mother ship,’ a mobile attack base used to take gangs of pirates and smaller speedboats into deep water, and ordered it to stop and be searched. … Navy officials wouldn’t say how long the battle Tuesday lasted, but the frigate, the INS Tabar, is a 400-foot war machine, carrying cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles and six-barreled 30mm machine guns for close combat, according to the Web site GlobalSecurity.org.” (11/20/08)