165 m Private Submersible Superyacht

Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by propmaster on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:00PM (#39198798)

In fact, the point I was trying to illustrate is that if they steal your fancy luxury submarine is even less expensive, it's free, gratis, 100% discount. Do you really want a ship that it's seen as disposable delivery system by every single organised crime entity on the globe ?

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by HWR_14 on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:13AM (#39200222)

I mean, if you're transporting literally tons of cocaine at a go in disposable microsubs, you think the best thing is to attract a lot of attention by (a) stealing a rich, and therefore politically connected, person's submarine that (b) is trivially tracked by the USN?

I mean, size isn't stealthy. And it's not necessary for cocaine. It's the same reason that they smuggled coke on private planes instead of hihacking 747s.

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by pr337h4m on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:22PM (#39198969)

How are you supposed to hijack a submarine when it's subsurface?

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by z_ack on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:39PM (#39199107)

I guess like you do for airplanes: the fact a plane can fly don't make it immune to hijacking. Example: you wait the sub is in the port, is moored, etc

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by a_gnostic on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @02:19AM (#39200993)

Depth charges and a PA system.

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by primitivesuave on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:46PM (#39199154)

That's true, but also consider how the entire world paid attention to the whereabouts of a missing submersible when there were a couple billionaires on board (OceanGate). I doubt the traffickers would want to risk that kind of exposure ;)

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by ok_dad on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:09PM (#39198861)

You don’t want this type of sub for drug smuggling, I chased the smugglers and this massive monster will definitely be harder to operate and disguise than what they use currently.

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by z_ack on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @09:42PM (#39199122)

Following your reasoning an airplane can't be hijacked because it's difficult to operate: in reality you only need a gun to operate anything, in right circumstances.

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by ok_dad on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:11PM (#39199800)

You misunderstand how many people are necessary to operate a sub at this scale, with all the machinery onboard, for weeks at a time. It’s on the order of a dozen rather than two or three for the current narco boats.

Also, it would be way way easier for us to track this sub versus what’s out there today. It’s way louder, I guarantee.

I don’t know about airplanes, but I’m a SWO qualified former naval officer that was onboard a sub hunting platform that we used to track narco boats and subs in different deployments, so I can tell you about ships and a little about subs since they share many similarities. I guarantee this type of sub isn’t used by narcos.

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Re:165 m Private Submersible Superyacht by anon-sre-srm on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @12:23AM (#39200282)

Yep. It's a giant machine with specialized logistics (supplies and parts) and staff needs, so it has to based somewhere. AI can't miracle away maintenance of such a complex beast, if it were ever built. There's no hiding it under a net in the Bahamas.

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