Eli5: how do pirates board/rob big ships?

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When you see massive transit ships they must have a huge amount of investment in security and they’re mostly steel, they’re so tall and big, must have quite a few crew on board, and surely have lockable containers inside, and the pirate ships are motor boats with a handful of individuals, how does that little boat with a few people take over such a large steel container with so much money behind it?

EDIT: such interesting replies! My question is now, eli5: with everything you all have said, why aren’t there more pirate ships?

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In response to your second question: US Navy go BRRRRRRRRRRR (but also because there’s far fewer places in the world that a pirate can safely dock now. Most of those that I know of specifically come from countries that candidly allow the piracy to take place)

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