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Increase in Transatlantic Narco Submarines
- PM_me_your_math 2y ago[dead]
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- Bluestein 2y agoMust be said: > Like almost all ‘narco submarines’ the vessels used are not true submarines. They cannot submerge, instead relying on running extremely low in the water to avoid detection. The approach works; most get through.- Though fully submersible ones exist. FSVs, Fully submersible vessels in the author's taxonomy: - http://www.hisutton.com/Narco%20Subs%20101.html http://www.hisutton.com/Narco%20Subs%20101.html
- readthenotes1 2y agoThey might as well call them narco airplanes although they are not true airplanes.
- Bluestein 2y agoGood point. Some models basically "fly" along the surface at very high speeds, looking to minimize friction.-
- johnea 2y agoWell, it's nice to see that the billions of $$ we ship to the "narco" organizations are being used for advanced R&D. If we could only get the real estate mafia to follow suite, maybe we could finally learn to face buildings toward the south? Another possible course of action: legalize channels of distribution for those substances so tht we stop shipping billions of $$ to some of the most violent organizations on earth...
- Bluestein 2y ago> legalize channels of distribution Just the distribution networks you mean?
- Havoc 2y agoWhat's preventing them from using periscope depth designs? Seems like it would be a lot stealthier than these half/half designs
- Bluestein 2y agoThere apparently are models that do have somewhat of a periscope/snorkel/apparatus and are capable of some submersion ... Apparently, the 'very shallow and thin' model is good enough to not get caught, without having to dive (heh) into the complexities associated with submersion.-