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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 747513" data-attributes="member: 12952">Narco submarineA narco submarine being seized by a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Navy" target="_blank">Mexican&nbsp; Navy</a> helicopter unit. July 16, 2008A narco submarine (also called narco sub, drug sub and Bigfoot&nbsp; submarine) is a type of custom-made ocean-going self-propelled&nbsp; semi-submersible (SPSS) vessel built by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade" target="_blank">drug traffickers</a> to smuggle drugs. They are especially&nbsp; known to be used by Colombian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_cartel" target="_blank">drug&nbsp; cartel</a> members to export <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" target="_blank">cocaine</a>&nbsp; from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia" target="_blank">Colombia</a>&nbsp; to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>,&nbsp; which is often then transported overland to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United&nbsp; States</a>.First detected in 1993, they are popularly called submarines, though&nbsp; strictly speaking they are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-submersible" target="_blank">semi-submersibles</a> since they cannot dive;&nbsp; most of the craft is submerged with little more than the cockpit and the&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas" target="_blank">exhaust&nbsp; gas</a> pipes above the water. In other words, a narco sub is a surface&nbsp; vessel with a very low <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeboard_%28nautical%29" target="_blank">freeboard</a> or low profile. Narco&nbsp; submarines are designed specifically to be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology" target="_blank">nearly undetectable</a> visually or by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar" target="_blank">radar</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar" target="_blank">sonar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared" target="_blank">infrared</a>&nbsp; systems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 747513, member: 12952"] [B]Narco submarine[/B] A narco submarine being seized by a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Navy']Mexican Navy[/URL] helicopter unit. July 16, 2008 A [B]narco submarine[/B] (also called [B]narco sub, drug sub[/B] and [B]Bigfoot submarine[/B]) is a type of custom-made ocean-going self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) vessel built by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade']drug traffickers[/URL] to smuggle drugs. They are especially known to be used by Colombian [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_cartel']drug cartel[/URL] members to export [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine']cocaine[/URL] from [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombia']Colombia[/URL] to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL], which is often then transported overland to the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. First detected in 1993, they are popularly called submarines, though strictly speaking they are [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-submersible']semi-submersibles[/URL] since they cannot dive; most of the craft is submerged with little more than the cockpit and the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhaust_gas']exhaust gas[/URL] pipes above the water. In other words, a narco sub is a surface vessel with a very low [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeboard_%28nautical%29']freeboard[/URL] or low profile. Narco submarines are designed specifically to be [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth_technology']nearly undetectable[/URL] visually or by [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar']radar[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar']sonar[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared']infrared[/URL] systems. [/QUOTE]

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