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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Semi-submersible drug subs



Hello Frank
Combating the drug smuggle is very dificult and costly.  The location of the plantations is known there are nice satelite image software that can discriminate the clorophil wave length of the coca plants.  The problem is to get there and destroy the plants without being killed. The cocain cartels are well armed and have a very good inteligence force.
a military solution is not a very good option, then look at Afganistan since it is ocupaid by the UN forces and Eureopean and US forces the production of Opium has skyrocket.
The best will be to combat the consume of the stuff, but that is not popular in the consuming contries. It is a complex problem.
As far as I know the most important ingenner that designed the drug boats was arrested last year, may be that will bring some diferences.
I hope there will be no problems with psubs in the future, smal planes are also used to smuggle almost everything and they are still aloud.
Best wsihes
Jürgne

--- ShellyDalg@aol.com <ShellyDalg@aol.com> schrieb am Sa, 25.4.2009:
Von: ShellyDalg@aol.com <ShellyDalg@aol.com>
Betreff: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Semi-submersible drug subs
An: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Datum: Samstag, 25. April 2009, 19:17

Interesting article. This whole "drug boat " thing is not going to help us as home-built psubbers. I sympathize with the coast guard who are responsible for catching these things. It seems like a better approach would be to stop the growing of the plants before the drugs can be made. It must take a lot of plants to make several tons of cocaine, and with the satellite technology available, could the military find the fields?
As for us, as home builders of recreational subs, what can we do to make ourselves a "non-threat".
I think that being open and visible through the psub site helps, but laws and restrictions are bound to be developed that could curb our sport unless we adopt some sort of system that makes us easy to judge as "safe" hobbyists. Anybody got any ideas? Frank D.


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