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Stories about: Coast Guard

'Boat-Stopping' Gun Devised in the UK A number of scientists, academics and private sector investors in the United Kingdom are at this point testing their newly-developed anti-terrorism weapon, a shoulder-level gun that can immobilize speeding boats. The system it uses is quite ingenious, albeit fairly high-tech. It essentially shoots a net at an incomin... 14 August 2009 20:11 GMT Ships Must Now Avoid Right Whale Paths The shipping lanes of the US East Coast are located directly in the path of the migratory routes that right whales take every year, from their breeding grounds in the Southern Atlantic, to their feeding grounds off the coasts of Massachusetts. A recent settlement, between environmental groups and the Coast Guard, for... 8 December 2008 05:57 GMT