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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Basically, it’s illegal in most countries for those boats to have any sort of guns when they dock in ports.( To prevent illegal gun sales, or false flag type operations.) So practically they have to be unarmed in order to go anywhere.
And there aren’t that many people needed to run a cargo ship. On one of the huge ones, they might have up to 25~30 people on board, basically doing maintenance stuff. While some might have military experience, it’s likely going to be in the Navy, which doesn’t really teach hand to hand to hand type stuff outside of special forces.
Usually, navies perform piracy protection when it does happen. Which is why Somali pirates aren’t really much of a thing anymore, and why the Houthis are being bombed at the moment.
Basically, think of it as driving around in a nice car where the cops drive a tank through a carjackers house, and bomb the neighborhood just to be sure.
Occasionally, some idiots will try it, but having the 7th fleet knocking on your door is the ultimate example of FAFO.
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