The Pentagon is copying narco-sub design, but cartels are already ahead

The Pentagon wants its own narco sub. The US Marine Corps and defense contractor Leidos have been testing a stealthy uncrewed surface vessel they call the Sea Specter — openly crediting cartel-built semisubmersibles as the design inspiration.

Colombian authorities got a look at the genuine article last April, when a coast guard boarding party cracked open a 40-foot fiberglass vessel off Tayrona National Park expecting the usual haul: exhausted crew, diesel fumes, tons of cocaine. — Read the rest

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