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> Most of those unmanned narcosubs are cut-down speedboats hulls, to my knowledge. Some are now fully submersible: https://insightcrime.org/news/under-radar-wh
by cyberax 8mo ago
> Most of those unmanned narcosubs are cut-down speedboats hulls, to my knowledge.
Some are now fully submersible: https://insightcrime.org/news/under-radar-what-hundreds-ofnarco-sub-seizures-tell-us-about-global-cocaine-routes/ https://insightcrime.org/news/under-radar-what-hundreds-ofna...
I think it is indeed more likely that they used a low-profile boat, but I won't discount a full submersible. Or maybe a combination: a low-profile boat that uses a regular outboard gas engine to get close to the target, and then dives and attacks like a torpedo.
> If Iran does have fully submersable UUVs, I'd expect them to be saved for a direct confrontation with the US Navy, not tankers.
I don't think they can do serious damage to large US Navy vessels.