The latest drug prohibition-driven innovation: No longer content with the semi-submersible variety, drug traffickers are using fully functional submarines built in hidden jungle shipyards to deliver tons of drugs to foreign shores. Crews have the option of turning off the diesel-electric engines and running on batteries -- interdiction forces can then only locate the sub using sonar, which is shorter-ranging, far less reliable, and very expensive to use on a large scale.
Permission to Reprint: This content is licensed under a modified Creative Commons Attribution license. Content of a purely educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of DRCNet Foundation, unless otherwise noted.
Add new comment