Large, slow ships are easily found and caught. If that's a problem, then you build smaller, faster ships, which are less energy efficient. Losses of ships are

Large, slow ships are easily found and caught. If that's a problem, then you build smaller, faster ships, which are less energy efficient. Losses of ships are only a financial matter because losses are very rare, so insurance is cheap. If losses become common, insurance costs skyrocket and the cost of doing business goes way up, reducing the amount of trade. That's what the article is saying will happen. I'm having trouble understanding what you're saying in the second sentence of #1. But primarily, none of the examples you cite were on the military to stop, they were the responsibility of civilian agencies.