The ships reportedly carry a small contingent of Navy personnel for security and communications, but it appears that the freighters rely heavily on their anonymity for security.
Prosecutors say a former marine on trial for murder in the death of former Navy seal Chris Kyle was numbed by marijuana and whiskey at the time of shooting.
Nothing but the arrival of armed forces, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, American, French, and German soldiers and marines, prevented the destruction of the beleaguered aliens.