henrybowman wrote:arctictom wrote:Ummm its a two fold answer, first is the towed submersable that is cut loose when the game is afoot, and it has a timed release buoy for recovery. And rumor has it that some drug dealers are using surplus RU subs with prearanged buy points.
Why dont they just have the drug subs travel under a large cargo ship? I mean would there be any way to detect them?
I am writing a book on the subject, any info would be helpful...
Which various militaries have done so before (sneaking out of in under large surface vessels), including the US, UK, German, and other submarine forces. It's a time-honored tactic and difficult to guard against. It's quite easy to be disguised by a much larger and nosier surface ship when you're a much smaller and quieter submarine. It's something many ports try to guard against, but in which few succeed in catching those spying in their waters, unless you also use submarine nets, active ping devices on a regular basis, etc., etc.
Take a look at just how big even the Japanese two-man submarines were during WWII, and consider just how much drugs they could be carrying instead of their torpedoes. Even so, they were still quite large in size, with relative little capability. Granted, MANY things have gotten smaller, more accurate, computers more powerful, etc., etc. Even so, anyone fielding a submarine in today's world, and not wanting to spend MILLIONS on it, would still be pretty limited in range, depth, and capacity, and they would still have to face potential ASW forces looking for foreign intrusions. An unidentified submarine coming into US waters might be perceived as a National Security threat and once no response was received, simply taken out, questions asked later.
