I have found these piracy events intriguing. Would there be a downside to arming a tanker with just enough firepower to blow a yacht sized vessel out of the water if threatened? Seems like there is almost a 2nd amendment fable in here somewhere. How else could 20 armed pirates actually seize a vessel twice the size of a carrier?
POLITICAL CORRECTNESS.
“How else could 20 armed pirates actually seize a vessel twice the size of a carrier?”
because these ships have very few people on board. So the pirates are usually very close or on board before the crew knows it.
Assumptions.
They caught the ship away from the known AO of pirates.
The ship assumed wrong.