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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Go watch that movie with the pirate saying “Look at me, I’m the captain now.” Having a brain fart but Tom Hanks is in it.

EDIT: Captain Philips is the movie. I’m sure there’s some liberties taken with the movie but it does show some antipiracy measures like giant, powerful sprinklers that can knock a pirate off a boarding ladder.

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