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Wonder if it was truly constructed in the jungle or if it is re-constructed military surplus from the 50's / 60's
 
From what I've read they make them on site near creeks and rivers that lead to deeper water.
 
I can read the papers now;
US NAVY sinks submarine inside territorial waters. Post sinking
inspection revealed no nationality and no survivors, but appear to be
of Central-South american descent.
Don't these people know they can be detected?
Or, can't they?
 
They have been doing this for years now. So I'd say we don't seem able, or willing, to detect many of them.

I had a Bahamian friend of mine tell me years ago how she had seen these "drug submarines" coming into Andros island. I was picturing real subs in my mind so I thought she was pulling my leg. Turns out she wasn't.
 
As far as detecting these things all I am going to say is......if you want to find a submarine, you need a submarine. Surface ships and helo's work but they need a general location to start looking. We do not operate very much in the gulf so I would say the chances are good that they can get away with this.

As far as pulling into Andros Island that may be true but that one is really risky considering how many listening posts we have around that island. The submarine force uses that area extensively for training with each other and it is heavily watched.
 
It all depends on what the listening posts are listening FOR. Most of those things are diesel powered and probably sound like a yacht or fishing boat. Some site I visited said the Navy (or whoever) was "retuning" the listening devices for just that purpose. Apparently they run at night when they'd be difficult to see and drift during the day so as to not leave a visible wake. So even if we did hear one running at night it would be hard to find by radar or eyeball, and in the daytime they're not making any noise so we wouldn't hear them anyway, and without a wake they'll be hard to spot from the air. I imagine they like choppy weather so what radar signature they do have would be lost in the sea clutter.
 
Dang, I thought this was going to be about a Ft Long sandwich from Quiznos.

Bob
 
And the subs we are talking about are not real diving subs from what I understand. They stay on on just barely under the surface the whole time they are underway.

"As far as pulling into Andros Island that may be true but that one is really risky considering how many listening posts we have around that island. The submarine force uses that area extensively for training with each other and it is heavily watched."

They apparently were coming in on the west side of the island. Not on the east side where the Navy's facility is.
 
That would make sense pulling into the opposite side of the island. Not much there really.
 
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