I think we can agree that the USS Cole incident turned on rules of engagement more than capability. In a more wartime footing, I don't think a fiberglass boat

I think we can agree that the USS Cole incident turned on rules of engagement more than capability. In a more wartime footing, I don't think a fiberglass boat filled with 500+ lbs of explosive often succeeds in a suicide attack against a 500' destroyer w/ multiple CIWS mounts. But "American destroyer vaporizing fishing boat that drifted too close" isn't good PR, hence restrictive RoE.