When first reading about this story I kept asking myself, what ship/boat were they boarding? This was never mentioned and apparently still isn’t officially acknowledged. Curious.
And assuming it wasn’t a ‘drone dhow’ (if such a thing exists) it was manned. Manned by whom? And would they be the types of men who might resist being boarded? If weapons were seized, then wouldn’t the crew, if still alive, also be in our hands?
I realize it is hard to believe /s but our government is not being straight with us.
It was a dhow. It had at least 12 crewmen, who were detained. The dhow was then sunk.
If you read the entire article, it will answer some of your questions.