Unmanned cocaine submarines, the narcoworld’s Predator hardware

http://crimeconflictnexus.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/cocaine-submarines/

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“It’s common to think of drug smuggling as a low-tech process — it’s human mules swallowing cocaine, or donkeys loaded with opium. Maybe trucks or boats or small airplanes. These subs may not measure up to US naval standards, but they’re not exactly floating buckets either:

“These vessels are intelligently designed. They are not very comfortable, but they are now very seaworthy. They are capable of carrying multi-ton cargos.

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