The phrase “squadron of ships” seems like deliberate word choice. And to me, “squadron” is a more alarming word than “ships,” because it implies cooperation bet

The phrase “squadron of ships” seems like deliberate word choice. And to me, “squadron” is a more alarming word than “ships,” because it implies cooperation between multiple intelligent entities. But the paper does not describe much compelling evidence for any intelligent “swarming” behavior, so I interpreted the word choice as bias.