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by Aerroon 40 days ago
Is an RPG enough? I feel like the crew of the oil tanker would want to defend themselves from armed pirates even if it might damage the ship some. And modern ships can be quite sturdy.

In 2020 a Venezuelan patrol boat (1500 tons) tried to stop an Arctic cruise ship (6000 tons). The patrol boat rammed the bow of the cruise ship and sank. The cruise ship received superficial damage to the bow.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52151951

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> Is an RPG enough?

Call their insurer and ask, I'm not in the business but I would imagine they're very risk averse

Risk averse enough to lose the crew and possibly the ship?