But, like, where are all the pirates?

German pirate hunting frigate Karlsruhe is back from its pirate hunting expedition on the Horn of Africa, safe and sound, just like the pirates it had been hunting.

 

 

Everyone is thrilled because this was an historic mission or something. Apparently it was a first here, what one calls a “combat operation” in the military.

 

“Es ist das erste Mal, dass man sagen kann, es war ein Kampfeinsatz.”