[RKDinOKC]

Would think if you approach a vessel without specific permission and clearance the vessel should be able to sink you with extreme prejudice. If there are ports that don't like it, stop calling on their ports and see how long it takes for them to change their "rules." Especially since I understand they don't do nearly as well at protecting vessels under their jurisdiction as they think.

In the book "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson one of the characters, Raven, rides a motorcycle with a nuclear bomb in the sidecar that will go off if his brain activity stops.