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Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

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Re: Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

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Post by progre »

tczMUFlmoNk wrote: post #2

Fascinating. Does the Starlink antenna work well underwater? Or was this sub surfacing to communicate?

The wavelengths used in satelite communication are entirely absorbed by water. I think the sub would have to surface to use the antenna.

Re: Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

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Post by gambiting »

stickfigure wrote: post #10

Just legalize it already. This is stupid.

Cocaine, I could maybe see the argument. But the article also said there was another submarine seized with 4.5BN worth of meth aboard. And I really hope you aren't suggesting legalising meth. I could see the argument that if other amphetamines were legal no one would use meth, but.....I don't think that's necessarily true. All the illegal meth would have to do to keep existing is to be cheaper than legal speed.

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Post by eviks »

whatever1 wrote: post #17
stickfigure wrote: post #10

Just 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.

Not really, the competition with the existing governments will significantly limit the amount of replacement cash they can demand, so they won't be able to sustain the same scale of man/firepower

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Post by bigmadshoe »

gambiting wrote: post #23
stickfigure wrote: post #10

Just legalize it already. This is stupid.

Cocaine, I could maybe see the argument. But the article also said there was another submarine seized with 4.5BN worth of meth aboard. And I really hope you aren't suggesting legalising meth. I could see the argument that if other amphetamines were legal no one would use meth, but.....I don't think that's necessarily true. All the illegal meth would have to do to keep existing is to be cheaper than legal speed.

The war on drugs has failed.

Everyone agrees that no-one should do meth. But the solutions presented so far by prohibition are not just conceptually flawed - they demonstrably don’t work. We literally have 50+ years of data that shows it.

We need to a) legalize drugs, b) provide proper treatment to addicts, and c) get unsafe drugs off the streets.

I’m speaking as someone who lost a close family member to an overdose. What we’re doing now is not working.

Re: Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna

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Post by gambiting »

ungreased0675 wrote: post #7
idiotsecant wrote: post #3

This strikes me as not a very good technique. With minimal help from starlink law enforcement could find every sub out there. Anyhow, what does this buy you that an offline gps connected controller does not?

Because the cargo is high value and illegal, real time connectivity is needed. If it was on autopilot, how could they verify delivery? What if a third party was tipped by an insider and intercepted the shipment? What if it simply sank along the route?

>>If it was on autopilot, how could they verify delivery?

You put in a cheap SIM card and it will pick up signal when you get close to the coast and send a message saying it reached its destination.

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