In Luciano and Alfredo Meskill's minds, encountering pirates during their voyage would have been ideal. They could kill pirates and rob them.
Unfortunately, they did not come across any pirates; instead, they encountered a carrier battle group, and even saw a huge nuclear-powered submarine surface before them, only to dive back into the sea, silently and stealthily, which was quite frightening.
Alfredo Meskill asked Yusuf Zuck if it was possible to take down a submarine, and Zuck replied that it was, but after taking down the submarine, they would probably not live more than a month before being crushed into dust by the mighty power of the United States.
"Besides, what use do we have for a submarine? The maintenance costs alone are not something we can afford, right?" Yusuf Zuck laughed heartily, appreciating Alfredo Meskill's bold yet astute character.