SUBSIM Radio Room Forums - View Single Post - Dramatic video shows Coast Guard leaping onto submarine carrying 17,000lbs of cocaine

Pablo · 07-12-19, 07:10 AM

Hi!

This particular version cannot dive - it's a "semi-submersible" with minimal exposure above the water line, but law enforcement has in the past seized true submarines in the jungles of Colombia and Ecuador.

The Coast Guard generally doesn't throw grenades or ram these guys since law enforcement prefers to encourage peaceful surrender rather than provoke a fight to the death - which is what would happen if the Coasties started giving no quarter. In return, the smugglers will try to run and dump their cargo when possible but give up quietly when finally cornered.

Wikipedia has an interesting, if somewhat dated article on the subject. The article has older images of other semi-submersibles with physical profiles that appear nearly identical to the one in the video, indicating that the narcotraficantes are happy with the profitability of using this design.

FWIW.

07-12-19, 07:10 AM	#4
Pablo Commodore Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 641 Downloads: 165 Uploads: 0	"Semi-submersible" Hi! This particular version cannot dive - it's a "semi-submersible" with minimal exposure above the water line, but law enforcement has in the past seized true submarines in the jungles of Colombia and Ecuador. The Coast Guard generally doesn't throw grenades or ram these guys since law enforcement prefers to encourage peaceful surrender rather than provoke a fight to the death - which is what would happen if the Coasties started giving no quarter. In return, the smugglers will try to run and dump their cargo when possible but give up quietly when finally cornered. Wikipedia has an interesting, if somewhat dated article on the subject. The article has older images of other semi-submersibles with physical profiles that appear nearly identical to the one in the video, indicating that the narcotraficantes are happy with the profitability of using this design. FWIW. __________________ "...far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt, speech before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, April 10, 1899 Last edited by Pablo; 07-12-19 at 07:11 AM. Reason: Correct typo.