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Antinarcotics efforts arrive in the Caribbean onboard ships and submersibles

The "Stiletto" is the prototype of a watercraft able to travel 62 miles/h that the US sent to the Caribbean to ascertain whether it can stop semi-submersibles that are being used by drug traffickers to get around radars and slip past the coast guard.

(more): http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/07/23/en_pol_art_antinarcotics-eff...

http://www.gizmag.com/go/5151/

By sloopskipper on Jul 23, 2008, 10:46 in Politics & the war.

Sam Salmon says on Jul 28, 2008, 22:16:

"Drug traffic has devised some ships that hide in the water. The North has replied with a high-speed ship, able to navigate at a depth of less than three feet."

It doesn't matter how fast the interdiction boat can go-how the hell are they going to find those submersibles in the open ocean?

Blind luck mostly-that and determining what routes these operations favour and sitting on those tracks using underwater detection equipment/hoping for the best.

' a la orden!'

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 29, 2008, 11:29:

Just wait until the narcos get their own "stilletos".

This cat and mouse game will always favor the mouse.

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