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0 pointsrs999gti7y ago0 comments

>So pirates will be able to steal nuclear material?

Why couldn't private security be part of international freight? The costs for this security could be added to freight costs.

For example, Russian private security contractors successfully protected ships near Somalia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJ0nblZjZE

>What happens if a container sinks near a popular beach? I doubt people want these kinds of risks.

Governmental navies don't experience these risks? Also, read this section about liabilities for private nuclear reactors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_marine_propulsion#Civi...

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wil4217y ago

Private security is not a guarantee and someone could always send a suicide bomber. It happened a few times to US navy ships it would probably be easier to do to commercial ships.

ceejayoz7y ago

> Governmental navies don't experience these risks?

The number of nuclear navies numbers in the single digits, and of those, only a handful use nuclear powered ships in any sort of numbers.

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