| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
|
 Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: Semi-Submarines: the New Threat |
 |
|
Colombia will build 70 submersibles this year, capable of ferrying 380 tons of cocaine to Northern markets.
However, I'm mainly concerned with the destructive potential.
| Quote: |
The vessels do not fully submerge but skim the sea surface. They move quickly at night, then drift like sleeping whales during the day.
"They are capable of carrying multi-ton cargos. They can travel thousands of miles without refuel or resupply. And they are very hard to detect," said U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Joseph Nimmich.
"You don't want to see one of these trekking up the Hudson River," Ruddy said.
Garc�a and L�pez, authorities said, were focused on the manufacturing side of the business, building bigger, stealthier, sleeker vessels. Colombian police say the men were also offering something new -- drone subs operated by remote control. |
Get the right incendiary device in one of these submersibles, and suddenly taking your shoes off at the airport security check is revealed as the idiotic farce it actually is. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
|
| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm in awe. Ingenious. Versatile. Potential. Dangerous. Relatively cheap!
Aack. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
|
| Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Looks like more snow is in the forecast for the US. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
