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by electromagnetic 4407 days ago
They'll be covered with cameras on the outside, unmanned boats would be way too easy targets for piracy. You wouldn't even have to sneak aboard, just get aboard and find the expensive cargo. Set off a bomb in the engine room and then unload what you can in a reasonably safe time before someone can get close and track you. It could potentially make piracy more viable in currently safe areas.

You'd want cameras to track when anything even remotely in sight is moving unexpectedly. Anything coming close would be reported to the coast guard/navy.

There'll be heavy monitoring on these ships, even just for liability issue in case some dumb guy in a yacht sails right into them and tried to sue.