Piracy has been a major problem in the Arabian sea and Indian ocean after the disruption of the Said Barre regime in Somalia. Expert fishermen with no one to sell their catch to, the Somalis were led to become pirates by their extreme poverty. But that was then; now, piracy is their vocation, and the trade ships of the international community are their victims, as well as pleasure cruises and passenger ships. To confront the rampant piracy, a number of warships from the major countries of the world have been deployed in the Somali waters. Countries like the USA, Japan, China, Russia and India have all deployed a number of war ships. These ships are high level destroyers that carry sophisticated weaponry and tracking devices to engage, attack and capture the Somali pirates. Perhaps the most important devices on these ships are not the tactical weapons, but the tracking devices. These include high tech sonar, radar, GPS devices, and a host of other high end, secretive devices. These are all used to track down small pirate vessels, chase them from a distance when they move towards the mother ship of the pirates, and then help capture the mother ship itself, rather than a small vessel with a few pirates. The Tactical Gear used include helicopters with small missiles and door side machine guns. There are also long range missiles, grenade launchers, sub machine guns and automatic pistols. The most sophisticated weapons are found in the US naval ships, including short range, precision controlled ballistic missiles, unmanned fighter planes and tracking drones etc.