I thought drone delivery was years off, but I guess that only matters if the law is being followed.
Drone delivery is a pretty different thing. Drones are clearly visible to everyone. Submarines are... not that.
Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna
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#13George Foy - Contraband
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#14Just legalize it already. This is stupid.
The outcomes are bad for all parties involved.
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#15I'm kind of curious how much this matters to Colombia now. For this who haven't been following the drug wars, most of the action, and money, has moved to Mexico. If you only know this stuff through pop culture, Mexico today is what Colombia was in the 80's and 90's: the violence, level of corruption, money flowing through, etc.
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remote tracking?
Just a simple radio transmitter could fulfil that function.
At the cost of it being really obvious where you are.
However the bigger draw is probably high bandwidth two way communication globally. No need for an obvious route as you can use GPS to get near US waters before turning it on, while still being in control of location of delivery or even meet up with it on the open ocean.
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#17Just legalize it already. This is stupid.
Even if they do, the cartels already own huge man & firepower. They will just move on to the next thing, maybe coffee, avocados, oil whatever.
When you have accumulated so much power you can demand cash from the world around you.
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#18I'm kind of curious how much this matters to Colombia now. For this who haven't been following the drug wars, most of the action, and money, has moved to Mexico. If you only know this stuff through pop culture, Mexico today is what Colombia was in the 80's and 90's: the violence, level of corruption, money flowing through, etc.
Colombia is the main producer of illegal cocaine, responsible for 70 to 80 percent of the world's supply. It is the largest producer in the world.
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#19I thought drone delivery was years off, but I guess that only matters if the law is being followed.
Like most things, the tech is ahead of the legislation. ;)
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#20Just legalize it already. This is stupid.
Even if they do, the cartels already own huge man & firepower. They will just move on to the next thing, maybe coffee, avocados, oil whatever. When you have accumulated so much power you can demand cash from the world around you.
Coffee, avocados, and oil aren't illegal. But I'm pretty sure if you banned coffee it would spawn criminal gangs that made 1920s prohibition look tame.
There's no substitute for the margins you can get in the illegal drug trade. Take away the primary source of funding and you make it much easier to break the gangs. We've already gone through this. Just legalize it already.