travelover
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I found this to be a pretty interesting article. I've gotta wonder who is involved in designing and building these subs as it is obviously more than an amateur effort.
The Associated Press: Ecuadoreans, DEA seize drug-smuggling submarine
The Associated Press: Ecuadoreans, DEA seize drug-smuggling submarine
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration said Saturday it has helped seize a submarine capable of transporting tons of cocaine.
DEA officials said that the diesel electric-powered submarine was constructed in a remote jungle and captured near a tributary close to the Ecuador-Colombia border. Ecuadorean authorities seized the sub before it could make its maiden voyage.
The sophisticated camouflaged vessel has a conning tower, periscope and air-conditioning system. It measured about nine-feet-high from the deck plates to the ceiling and stretched nearly a 100 feet long. The DEA says it was built for trans-oceanic drug trafficking.