Some Questions about Piracy in Somalia?

There are a number of things that could be done, firstly arm merchant ships. Troops could be billeted in standard containers modified to support them. These containers could be craned on and off ships at ports either side of the pirate threat area. The troops could then use proper military weapons to protect the ships e.g. shoulder launched missiles and machine guns (gatling guns are the best). Secondly, the worlds Navies could co-operate and operate a convoy system past the area. Shipping companies could pay for both sorts of protection and would possibly benefit for lower insurance premiums. Thirdly, operate Q-ships i.e. merchant ships that are heavily armed with concealed weapons and possibly a helicopter. At the end of the day the answer is to kill the pirates not try to foot around capturing them. Finally, no country in the world should pay any form of ransom for any of it's ships and personnel. The British government has a policy whereby they do not pay ransoms to terrorists, the policy is well known. The recent huge payment made to pirates by the South Koreans to obtain the release of a tanker has not helped at all. As a final answer countries could co-operate by mounting an armed attack on the Somali ports, drop paras the landward side and then attack from the sea in a pincer movement, kill anyone who shoots back. There is a precedent for this when the Royal Navy cleared out a pirate base in the Meditterranean in, I think, the 18th Century.