General Discussion

The Navy and Coast Guard not only have policies and tactical tracking and identity programs, there's the UCMJ. And Rules of Engagement.
You can't just shoot something that isn't a danger to you or an immediate danger to the mission. Maybe if there were dirty nukes onboard and the boat was right off Key West and racing in...

But a souped up but rickety fishing boat off the coast of Venezuela that might make it halfway to Haiti before it falls apart?
I don't care if it's going to meet Dr. No's submarine to drop off contraband.

You track the damn thing until it has to stop and then go up and interrogate the crew and check out the boat. Like is always done. Even when dealing with Cartel boats and subs.

If this isn't some grainy AI slop put together to make Caligula bounce around and clap his tiny hands in triumph, there's got to be a Navy Officer that's going to end up at a Courts Martial. Blowing up a boat that was not dangerous is a War Crime.
Of course, the GOP "War" administrations never punished pilots who randomly bombed the hell out of tribal weddings, or soldiers who took out Arab families traveling in trucks or vans when they were feeling squirrelly, either. So maybe I'm misplacing my disgust and anger.