You have to understand it is not that they can not afford rifle teams on board. current laws in many countries that you transit in do not allow rifle teams on board. If a ship were to be caught carrying weapons on board in certain countries, the ship will be seized and the crew charged with gun running. This is not a simple issue. All of us would love to be armed and have the ultimate resources to fight piracy. If all these countries would allow the weapons then we would have no problem.