Is it too easy to delete images?

I appreciate the simplicity of being able to use CMD+DELETE to delete an image. But I wish Aperture offered the option of throwing up a warning window before actually moving images to the trash. I don't get any sort of warning when deleting images -- or even entire projects. They just pop straight to the trash.
I use a managed library, so perhaps folks with referenced images are seeing some sort of dialogue box. It also seems odd that the text that shows up in the right click menu for this is "Delete Version" -- even when I'm deleting a master that has no versions.
I know these files only go to Aperture's trash, which is a nice stopgap against accidentally removing something forever with a single click. Still, if anyone knows of a preference somewhere that would throw up a warning box when trying to delete a group of images or a project, please let me know.

I agree that the Aperture team needs to more precisely define "Master" and "Version". As I conceive of it, you never see a Master file. That's why when you copy a newly imported image, the copy is labeled "Version 2" (and not "Version 1"). Version 1 already exists, because every Master must have at least one Version.
The problem is that when you delete "Version 1", you are also deleting (and must, or you would have an image file with no image) the Master.
I don't know that Ap3 handles this differently for managed v. referenced files. Here is the dialog I get when I delete Version 1 of a referenced file. This is the only indication I get that deleting this file will also delete the Master.
The wording of this dialog is not as clear as it should be.
I would like to see the Aperture team specifically separate "Master (file)" from "Version 1 (image in Aperture)". I imagine a replacement dialog for the one above saying something like:
+"This is the only remaining Version of the Master (file) in your Library. Moving this Version to the Trash will move the Master (file) to the Trash as well."+
At least, that is how it looks from my POV as a user.

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I am sorry if this ultra novice question has been asked and answered numerous times but I couldn't find the answer...
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