At any point in time, humanity has the capacity to fire a missile from one side of the planet and hit someone's window on the other side. We can fire one bullet and hit a target 3/4 mile away. We can shoot down a satellite from a ship in the ocean.
We can blow up meteors in space.
And yet, it takes 2 hours to stop
a woman driving a UHAUL in LA.
I don't think it would be unwise to use technologies like "missile lock" to deter UHAUL thieving criminals.