Narco Electric Sub

[bobbymike]

Rare Electric Narco Submarine Seized in Colombia - USNI News

Central and South American drug runners are continuing to create new specialized smuggling vessels to move narcotics into the U.S., as evidenced by a sophisticated electric submersible seized earlier this month. On Nov. 5 the Colombian Navy, assisting by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and...

news.usni.org

 

[shin_getter]

3 years and zero interdictions? Granted it is unknown how many is operating.

With OOM drop in battery cost projected in the next decade, coastguards of the world would quickly need an ASW budget?

 

[SOC]

They're out filming Run Silent, Run Dope.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Record 8.3 tons of drugs seized from "narco sub" and convoy of other boats in Pacific Ocean off Mexico

The seizure "represents the largest amount of drugs seized in a maritime operation, unprecedented in history," the Mexican navy said

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Apophenia]

The narco sub captured off Lazaro Cardenas was what SPF member SI Hutton describes as a LPV-OM (Low Profile Vessel - Outboard Motor). The Suzuki logo is visible on the outermost engine ... so, not an electrically-powered sub.

-- http://www.hisutton.com/Narco Subs 101.html