Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/21/panama-authorities-seize-narco.html
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Surely, the “drugs” was just a bunch of ballast, used expressly for the purposes of leveling and stabilizing the craft. /s
I’d like to see that vessel in action, learn about its technical specs. For instance, I see the intake and exhaust pipes are curved in such a way as to prevent seawater from backing up into the system, while still keeping a low profile.
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And still, the free marketeers claim that government regulation stifles small business innovation.
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Build the… what?
Build that damn, build that damn!
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A drug sub-pository?
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What’s this? Panama authorities seize narco-sub packed with 4 tons of drugs?
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Do we count semi-submersibles?
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What exactly does “semi-subversible” mean? Either it’s under the water or it’s not under the water. If we start claiming that semi-subversible means partly under the water, then most boats are semi-subversible because some part of them is under the water.
What they had there was a boat with a very low profile. Someone just wants to call it semi-subversible because that sounds semi-technical.
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Looking at the exhaust set up, I took it to mean that it could submerge but only for very short periods of time
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They avoid surface radar like a submersible, and also avoid sonar like a ship. Semi submersible.
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A low profile boat still feels like an open design that can’t submerge.
A semi submersible, to me, insinuates the boat is air tight and purposely submerged with ballast, and will not sink as a result.
Side thought… I hate the use of the word “drone” for remotely controlled craft. And in the news this week was a “piloted drone”.
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Most likely it means the boat still needs a (plastic) snorkel for its air-breathing engines. It can’t fully submerge, but can get low enough to disappear from radar.
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