The ship is heavily armed with laser cannons, but it is apparently not very well armoured.

这艘船装备了大量激光炮，但显然装甲不是很好。

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If they ignore such requests, armed marshals on the ship would fire across their bow.

如果他们忽视这样的要求，船上的武装警察将越过船首开火。

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Others see the guards as dangerous. Maritime policy analyst Mark Valencia says he opposes “armed guards and armed resistance for commercial vessels because of the dangers to ship and crew involved”.

另一些人认为带护卫队也是危险的， 海事政策分析家马克·瓦伦西亚说他反对商船上带武装安防人员，并且反对武装反抗，因为这对船只和卷入武装反抗的船员都是危险的。

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Instead, the four pirates -- who had scuttled their boat when they boarded the ship armed with AK-47s -- took Phillips with them aboard the ship's 28-foot lifeboat, Quinn said.

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The commandos boarded the ship armed with paintball guns expecting to be greeted by hostile, but non-violent humanitarian activists.

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Yesterday, matters escalated as armed law enforcement agents boarded the ship, leaving after several hours with the captain in custody.

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