(Photo from U.S. News & World Report)Drug Subs: David And Goliath On The High Seas
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The Coast Guard's ongoing effort to hunt them has profound national security implications.
During a period of five days last September the U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 14 tons of cocaine with a street value of approximately $400 million in two separate major maritime drug busts. The drugs were being transported by Colombian cocaine cartels in mini submarines.
It was David and Goliath on the high seas, with David being the bad guy in this story — the Colombian narcotraffickers who produce and supply the world with cocaine. In today’s version of the classic tale, the David character transports up to ten tons of cocaine in mini submarines: approximately 50 feet long, made of steel and fiberglass, with a crew of four — able to make it from Ecuador to San Diego in a straight shot without having to stop for food or fuel. The Goliath character, the U.S. Coast Guard, patrols millions upon millions of square miles in a behemoth of a ship, 378 feet long, carrying a crew of 170, at least one HH-65 Dolphin helicopter, a few cannons, and some other weapons, too.
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My Comment: Big money and drugs .... everyone can now easily see the two together.