Historically it seems reasonably common as it comes from a well used tactic during the days of privateers. It seems unlikely that the governments of the world w

Historically it seems reasonably common as it comes from a well used tactic during the days of privateers. It seems unlikely that the governments of the world would suddenly give up such an obviously useful tactic through some sort of singular moral awakening, yet still go wage war with ever increasing levels of mechanised death.