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== [[Real Life]] == |
== [[Real Life]] == |
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* [[Truth in Television]]: Flares are commonly used as [[Improvised Weapon]]s by ship crews when they are attacked by pirates. |
* [[Truth in Television]]: Flares are commonly used as [[Improvised Weapon]]s by ship crews when they are attacked by pirates. |
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** [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99169738 A Danish] cargo ship used a flare to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|to set an enemy pirate boat on fire]]. |
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131008214457/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99169738 A Danish] cargo ship used a flare to [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|to set an enemy pirate boat on fire]]. |
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** Though, accuracy goes out the window, as when firing a flare gun it is advised to close your eyes and look away, as looking directly at a lit flare is akin to staring directly at the sun. |
** Though, accuracy goes out the window, as when firing a flare gun it is advised to close your eyes and look away, as looking directly at a lit flare is akin to staring directly at the sun. |
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** Something rarely addressed in fiction is the fact that some modern distress flares are actually a kind of [[Abnormal Ammo|highly specialised 12-gauge shotgun shell]]. Substitute a round of ordinary buckshot for the flare and you have a very short [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]], and they're legally classified as firearms in many jurisdictions. |
** Something rarely addressed in fiction is the fact that some modern distress flares are actually a kind of [[Abnormal Ammo|highly specialised 12-gauge shotgun shell]]. Substitute a round of ordinary buckshot for the flare and you have a very short [[Sawed-Off Shotgun]], and they're legally classified as firearms in many jurisdictions. |
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