How U.S Coast Guard Fights Narco-Subs

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This is the US Coast Guard daring interception of a narco submarine in the middle of the open ocean a few hundred miles off the coasts of Colombia. In the year 2019 The sub was transporting 17,000 pounds of illegal narcotics through the eastern Pacific on its way north to Mexico and the US. counterterrorism experts have been sounding the alarm for years that these subs could be used to transport more than just party drugs, they could just as easily smuggle firearms, explosives, or weapons of mass destruction.
Written by: Chris Cappy & Diego Aceituno
Edited by: Savvy Studios
You might be surprised to learn maritime smuggling accounts for roughly 80% of the total illicit flow from South America into Mexico prior to entry into the US. The DEA estimates 30% of that is transported by narco submarines. And considering only around 10% are caught, that means over $9 billion dollars worth of illegal narcotics reach US shores from just this method alone. That’s why It’s important we understand the full extent of their capabilities and intent.
A lot of people who first saw this viral video mistakenly thought these troops were NAVY SEALS. In reality this the Coast Guards elite unit called PACTACLET which stands for Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team. Based out of San Diego, they specializes in high risk, non-compliant boardings and deploy worldwide as elite 8 to 10 man Law Enforcement Detachments or LEDETs.
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[@Taskandpurpose]

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[@kanrakucheese]

Thank Ridge that the bit at 3:47 wasn't used as a segway to a sponsorship segment for Florida's Ambulance and Chaser.

[@rocko7711]

👍

[@rocko7711]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mygg_Jeager]

11:15 What kind of madman says HECTA-ACRES instead of "hectares?" XD

[@WhiteWolf65]

Hectares... metric. Hec-tairs (phonetic) not hect-acres. (six-sided acres?) Come on Cappy, get with the Metrics!

[@jonp8015]

"High risk non-compliant boardings" Swashbuckling, got it. 🏴‍☠

[@WynnofThule]

Officer, it's not breaking and entering, it's a "high-risk non-compliant home entry"

[@mukkah]

@@WynnofThuleLOLOL XD

[@mukkah]

That actually makes it sound cooler lol

[@yoggz]

red boarding

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Lmao

[@theiranianputin2770]

It's crazy my local butcher was arrested for selling drugs. Been buying from him for years and never knew he was trimming meats for side hussle.

[@ponz-]

Ha you know Frank too?😂

[@theiranianputin2770]

@@ponz- 🤣

[@mukkah]

Username checks out

[@theiranianputin2770]

@@mukkah 🖖

[@Mygg_Jeager]

​@@mukkahwhich one? XD

[@Angarsk100]

There's one inextricable fact of substance traffic: As long as there's a demand, there will be people finding a way to produce, process, transport and distribute, more than anything, with the huge profits at play.

[@Paul__Allen]

Yip, we need to face that it's not working and almost hopeless

[@JBBell]

Legalisation, regulation, and treatment. It's a medical problem and should be treated as one. I do find the military & law-enforcement perspective very interesting to hear, but it's the wrong tool for the job, fundamentally.

[@LibertyDIY]

As long as there is a subsidy via prohibition

[@zee9709]

@@Paul__Allen no dude, its working as intended, war on drug is never about eradicating it either

[@oasntet]

Yeah, the cost to actually stop all drug importation is easily several orders of magnitude higher than the value of all of the drugs imported. It's a losing proposition, and it's clear that smugglers are willing to roll the dice on getting caught so deterrents aren't working, either.

[@89sirmonk]

Despite all the jokes, coast guard is a significant part of our border security and should be given more support.

[@graydonwilson5550]

The Coast Guard is important, maybe the most important of all of our military branches. Life for them should be made easier by repealing the real cause of the problem - laws criminalizing drugs. Legalize the drugs, inspect quality, regulate them and tax them. But don't tax them the way it's done for marijuana in California, where growing unlicensed marijuana is cheaper than paying the tax.

[@etholus1000]

@@graydonwilson5550 Your saying legalize all drugs? Look at Portland. Not a great idea

[@ericjackson8050]

.

[@Salamandra40k]

​@@etholus1000 "Yeah guys, lets legalize all drugs!!" *fatal overdoses skyrocket instantly*

[@dalermehndi4663]

@@etholus1000You mean a poorly implemented and massively underfunded hack-job didn't work in Portland? Wow, who would have thought. Portland didn't do what @graydonwilson5550 is suggesting if you read closely. Look at Philadelphia to see how well the status quo is working. Obviously the war on drugs is not working, and there is a plethora of data and research that shows regulation and adequate rehabilitation is much more effective. Facts don't care about your feelings.

[@GamebossUKB]

US: those are MY citizens. If anyone’s going to be selling them drugs it’s going to be ME!

[@LackofFaithify]

This message paid for by the Sackler Family Foundation and Purdue Pharmaceuticals: Building Better Worlds.

[@cedriceric9730]

Underated, I wish that wasn't true

[@56redgreen]

Isn't that the whole point of the military, to protect American markets.

[@Expunge6667]

Just because it's true doesn't mean you have to say it lmao! I didn't even know they had submarines but opening that hatch was a smart move.

[@wyomingptt]

Wow I bet you wear a Che Guevara shirt and rant about how much better things would be under _true_ communism.

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

DSF Coastie here, appreciate the shoutout and explaining what we do on the daily. 🏴‍☠

[@punkavaug]

Howdy, active duty navy here. Id love to find out more about your job amd career field, please reach out if youd be down to chat.

[@verlax8956]

Solar system brigadier general here, I appreciate what you do on Earth. Salute!

[@punkavaug]

I hate the internet.

[@swordmaster2k1]

DSF veteran here too. o7

[@phantomthiefirwin9631]

@@verlax8956 Salute!

[@WynnofThule]

They say life always finds a way...well so do drugs. As long as there's demand, supply will follow. We've known this for FAR too long (see 1986 & 1994 RAND studies).

[@jacklonghearse9821]

It's pointless.. we're just increasing scarcity and therefore raising the price of coke. We haven't hurt their profits or growth in the slightest.

[@WynnofThule]

​@@jacklonghearse9821 Even THAT is optimistic...we do know that interdiction policy has encouraged the cutting of drugs to make more potent mixes (to get more people higher w/ less drug).

[@glennhalila8279]

Doctor Steven Greer's Unacknowledged Documentary and his KZbin videos said that the ARV's (Alien/ET Reproduction Vehicles) are the one's bringing in the most Drugs to support Black Projects, like those of various Secret Space Programs. Gary McKinnon blew the Whistle on this. So has Doctor Steven Greer, Doctor Michael Salla, Doctor Courtney Brown. Also Secret Space Program Super Soldiers; Jason Rice, Tony Rodriguez, Randy Cramer and Emery Smith. Penny Bradley's KZbin Video Entitled; Bavarian Illuminati-The Real Founders Of The Secret Space Programs...How It All Began! Is a Good one too.

[@Taskandpurpose]

its a good point there's definitely a problem with too much demand in the US

[@FarmerDrew]

They stop being able to make money on cannabis and they switch to avocados. I say we follow the Czech model

[@les3449]

I got out of the Coast Guard in 1999. I was a Gunners Mate and therefore a Law Enforcement Petty Officer doing at sea boardings when on board Cutters. I left my ship at GTMO and saw one of our helos with a semi auto .50 cal rifle when they started using them against cigarette boat (speed boat) engines. I thought it was getting intense but THIS is a whole other level!

[@edt6290]

Had a DEU Agent that could knock out two out boards with each squeeze. From an open Blackhawk cargo door. It's harder than you would think.

[@les3449]

@@edt6290 oh, I know it's hard if your weapon is not full auto.

[@kevinfarrell8570]

GM2 Here! Taclet North! 1998 -2002 yo! ty 4 ur service

[@les3449]

@@kevinfarrell8570 Thank YOU for what you did!

[@jacklonghearse9821]

I was trained to do VBSS missions in the Marine Corps. In my opinion, it's 100% the coolest possible mission type you can do in the military.

[@mukkah]

Out of genuine, honest curiosity, can you share couple things that make it so? I'm not military, so insights are interesting to me heh (reason why I enjoy Cappy's takes on various things ^^) ~a random canadian subscriber dude

[@gareonconley1956]

When I first saw the video I though the guy was super reckless jumping on the thing and screaming beating on the hatch because I thought the smugglers would maybe have guns or explosives to "defend" themselves. Does this ever happen?

[@Raz.C]

I can't agree with you on that. Killing other people never bothered me. Especially if they had guns and if some number of them were pointed at me. However, going to where they live/ work, imposing myself and my colleagues on them at gunpoint and then forcing a search/ seizure... Feels too much like bullying groups of people who don't have the ability to defend themselves. Even I- a diagnosed sociopath- have a problem with this. I'm genuinely surprised that an apparently 'normal' person (ie - neurotypical) would find such a thing acceptable, let alone enjoyable! Ps: You might not be neurotypical, after all. You might be a malignant narcissist, if you find such things enjoyable. Might be worth checking yourself out, just to see...

[@CharChar2121]

I have to agree. If I could do it over, I'd be a coastie privateer

[@CharChar2121]

​@@gareonconley1956the people doing the actual transportation do not own the product. They have no incentive to fight a battle that will result in their death.

[@maxthomason2905]

I can’t wait for the History Channel interviews from the China-US war. “I was the captain of a Escobar class submarine supplying US marines off the coast of China”

[@visualcoco]

🎶we all live in a narco submarine🎵 🎶narco submarine🎵 🎶narco submarine🎵

[@efovex]

Narco self-propelled semi submersible... doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

[@Jack-M1113]

Kind of sounded like that coast guard guy on the sub screamed "ANGELA MERKLE" at them 😂😂😂

[@mukkah]

Equally terrifying to hear, imo lol

[@danielaramburo7648]

Maybe she got bored after political retirement and got into the drug smuggling business.

[@peterpanini96]

😂😂😂

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Lmfao

[@terribrad24]

​@@danielaramburo7648 she is now known as "Angela Escobar"

[@davidjones7144]

Ex Coastie counter narc here, you would be surprised what we know. The entire "theater" is observed. The near subs have been used for decades. LEDET 7L! The Navy tried to give the USCG their hydrofoil fleet years ago (in the Florida Keys), we couldn't afford to run them so turn them down.

[@SpicyTrifongo]

I mean humor me, what do you know? That you're utterly failing to even stem the tide of illegal drugs coming into America?

[@babayada2015]

If I understand correctly, you've got great situational awareness of the situation. Then why is the stuff still reaching the shores?

[@ericbrown9520]

​@babayada2015 mail service, tunnels, underwater drone torpedos etc.

[@Taskandpurpose]

great to hear from a former coast guardsman ! the coasties need more funding if you ask me. great to hear you guys are able to observe a lot of that area

[@FarmerDrew]

​@@babayada2015 🎶 Avocados From Mexico 🥑

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

Coast guard is pretty badass. Especially the guys who go out and rescue people in the middle of the ice cold water, at night, during heavy storms when their crab boats sink.

[@Onyxstonearchitecht]

*Me, who’s played Ghost Recon Wildlands* “The Coast Guard needs me.”

[@rllapte]

As a quality control inspector??

[@JamieDodson]

Chris, love the idea of using the littoral combat ships for the Coast Guard. That was, undoubtedly the Navy’s worst snafu. The USCG pulled me out of Lake, Michigan once I am forever grateful.

[@whoisthis4130]

Drop depth charges and call it a day.

[@blip-hn6is]

or bring the good ole and tested. privateers

[@arx3516]

​@@blip-hn6is cool, so the privateers can sell the cargo themselves!

[@lordilluminati5836]

Ate you trying to get the fish high?

[@Attaxalotl]

Yes

[@Greenlandshark77]

You don’t understand depth charges. These subs are FAST.

[@brucegordon9007]

In Alaska we rely on the CG for search and rescue, navigational maintenance, security at the Valdez oil Terminal, high seas supervision of fishing treaty's and probably more I know nothing about. They have ALWAYS been underfunded as far as this high Seas drug interdiction.

[@gallendugall8913]

I found one of these with passive sonar when we were doing counter narcotic ops back in the '90s. It was fricking LOUD! Also very distinctive. Heard it from 40 miles away, over the horizon, but I didn't get credit because they sent a P3 down the bearing I gave (passive sonar does not give range) and the P3 got credit. Total BS.

[@gallendugall8913]

It's a diesel sound but it rhythmically gutters like it's about to stall every time it hits the bottom of a swell. Probably because the exhaust gets blocked momentarily. Easy ID. And since the engine is below the waterline and not vibration mounted it is fricking loud.

[@nathanhoffman20000]

Lol. Next time.

[@Greenlandshark77]

Eh to be fair they’ve gotten quieter. Calm down. That was 30 YEARS AGO.

[@drsteiner12]

Them just jumping on top of a moving submarine to rip open the hatch is so badass. I hope Americans respect their Coast Guards

[@TiocfaidhArLa34]

i cant imagine how creepy it would be to search a narco sub traveling through the sea and find all the crew dead inside. the crazy thing is that if all the crew in these subs end up dying, the sub could just keep floating for years until it reaches some random shore and the people to search it will just find skeletons.

[@carlpanzram7081]

Skeletons, and a few tons of a funny mystery powder.

[@Farweasel]

Should've opened the scuttle valves to let the fumes out 😋 WHAT? You didn't know they're now massively equiped with scuttle valves Scuttle the boat - No evidence

[@bradedwards3438]

That's a lot of heck-ta-acres

[@mukkah]

I giggled when he pronounced it like that XD Olive branch, I used to pronounce elixirs from Final Fantasy "E-licks-ears" ^_^'

[@Mygg_Jeager]

I caught that too lmfao.

[@AdamArcherPigeons]

The John Green pronunciation special

[@ryokkeno]

I had a similar comment/suggestion about the viability of transferring/reconfiguring the new littoral models to pull duty as coast guard craft. Hearing about the funding issues though makes me think they may have trouble running them without and expanded budget or some kind of cross service maintenance agreement. Another thought was a modernized form of a old WW2 PT Boat. They were cheap, easy to repair, could handle a 17 man crew, fast, and substituting all the unnecessary anti-ship armament for a modern sensor suite with towed sonar, additional fuel reserves, and maybe some short range drones could likely handle a lot of the needs closer into shore without the need for a mothercraft to be quite so present. rebuilding the design from the ground up would probably cost a lot but might make something a bit more flexible and efficient than the old designs. Of course they wouldn't be able to go as far out without support but they'd also be able to get much closer to the shore to track landings and still have more then enough firepower to ruin the day of any smuggler who thinks taking a few shots is gonna be worth it.

[@orlandoanderson123]

The latest littoral is a metallic turd and most are mothballed

[@rp1645]

YES the WW2 PT boat did excellent work at stopping Japan soldier barge from resupply of the chain Islands, up dated Radar and GPS would have saved so many PT boats from wrecking on Coral 🪸 reefs. I say on the Restoration PT boat in Portland Oregon, that is still fully operational, that the stern had extra area for berths ( bunks) for me the FFGs were another ship platform that the Navy got rid of, that other country still keeps in service. Those with the excellent Helo hangers are a great ship platform that with a refitted and upgrade have to COST much less than a ground up NEW build that looks exactly the same as the Coast Guard is building today. If the CG is the least funded, refitting these great FFGs in my Humble opinion just like a modern rebuild of WW2 PT like vessels makes sense. The FFG could be a mother ship for the modern type PTs. 😊

[@joshs.5937]

They have these, they're called fast reaponse cutters.

[@dan8402]

That dude pounding on the hatch I am like he is trying to contact you about your narco sub extended warrantee!

[@darkshardshoots]

"So why does the US Coast Guard have depth charges and diesel-electric subs?" "Drug smuggling submarines."

[@mattwoodard2535]

The only way that illegal drugs will be stopped from hitting US shores is to eliminate the demand for them. Real easy to say, but very hard to do. sm

[@alanbrown397]

you can eliminate the demand by undercutting the gangs - and as a nice side effect you won't have people trying to sell crack to schoolkids to get them on that train Narcogangs aren't in it for some religious motivation to sell narcotics, they're in it for the PROFIT - $1 cost of cocaine in Columbia is worth $1000 or more landed in the USA. With those kinds of markups, people will take the risk 7 days a week (hint: look at the number of people who play lotto)

[@maxpulido]

​@@alanbrown397The cost of the product is in the risk. Legal product will always undercut illegal.

[@GreenCurryiykyk]

The only way is to make them legal, then there will be no demand for illegal drugs. There will always be demand for drugs. Alcohol and cigarettes are good examples.

[@jonagostini8782]

@@GreenCurryiykyk+1. On top of that you collect taxes, ensure the quality of the product, regulate the access and have a better overview of who consumes and can run better awareness campaigns. Side effects include optimisation of the use of police forces, less people in jail, less minorities persecuted and less gangs dealing… persecuted

[@svenasmussen8745]

Its actually quite interesting because you can literally see the progression in this video. Every time they start catching the traffickers, they come up with a more advanced solution. As long as drugs are as expensive as they are, this will continue, and each time law enforcement adapts, they will come up with more evasive tactics. You cannot stop the supply of something that is this easy to move and this profitable to sell. The only way to fix it is to lower demand. There is a reason drugs are less of a problem in countries with proper social safety nets, decent healthcare and proper social services. Its not because those countries have locked down their borders. Its because less people get drug addicted if there is a safety net to help you

[@lordyoda607]

They are never going to stop these subs with this half-measured approach of seeking legal loopholes. The subs can be stopped however if they just send the navy and give them a few depth charges to think about.

[@doujinflip]

Still wouldn't be enough assets to find and react to all these scattered lone boats. At least capturing the ones we do discover provides evidence for cases and intel on design and operation trends.

[@jepulis6674]

Plus go 2-5years into the future and its drone subs. Maybe even those balloons that China used for spying as fentanyl is quite a bit of cash for few kg.

[@davidhill3724]

If we would have the navy focus more on the drug subs and less on China and Ukraine could end this scourge

[@leojohn1615]

@@doujinflip its a hell of a lot eaiser to drop a depth charge from a plane than to board one of these subs and will give them a stronger disincentive

[@terryjohnson3479]

@@leojohn1615 The subs don't actually submerge.

[@FarmerDrew]

My dad was sailing a Hobie Cat in wind he had no business sailing it in and he capsized it and the Coast Guard came out and rescued him and I would not be alive if that had not happened

[@mukkah]

That was a fun, short lil' ride of a personal story, mate ^^ 8/10 ^_^

[@Whystling_Byrd]

One time I was on a boat. It was small.

[@rllapte]

@@Whystling_Byrd How.......small.......was.......it? (Try not to include the word breadbox in your answer.)

[@baomao7243]

@@rllapteThe vessel was named Quantum

[@rllapte]

@@baomao7243 Probably searching the seas for the vessel named Theory. Otherwise, I have no idea what you are talking about. Your comment has zero conceivable connection to mine.

[@ChaosAura]

Id like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs.

[@ArielKahane]

And the legalization of one of those drugs just makes that even more true

[@xdonis]

Lucki Song?

[@J-Rush]

Truly a flawless victory

[@beibei93]

"Alto Su Barco"? no wonder the narcos had no idea what they are saying.

[@FarmerDrew]

He said Abre su Puerto 😂

[@mukkah]

Sure they understood Bratatatatatatatatata though lmfao

[@getahanddown]

It wasn't the mormons mate

[@Mygg_Jeager]

​@@getahanddown ... what?

[@les3449]

I think you heard that wrong.

[@erikvan9582]

As much as I hate the cartles and their chaos,I got to admire their shipbuilding

[@mukkah]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day... unless, like, it's in military time... /I'llseemyselfout

[@maxpulido]

​@@mukkahor metric time

[@mukkah]

@@maxpulidoXD

[@Farweasel]

Right down to the scuttle valves they're now building even more of into the hulls Scuttle the boat & there's no evidence No evidence you walk free (for a while at least) The cartel bosses tend to ask awkward questions 'Emphatically' Like 'What have you done with $150 million of my coke'?

[@shinygoldenpotion1587]

and improvised stuff + tactics

[@martinvasquez818]

The CG budget definitely needs to be at the very least, doubled. When I was in the Navy, CG corpsmen knowledge was impressive! But many times they attended Navy specialization schools.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

Cartel subs have a huge impact. But what about cartel doms?

[@thekraken1173]

Underrated comment

[@robyee3325]

What’s a dom?

[@LackofFaithify]

Who do you think is giving the orders?

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

@@robyee3325 you don’t need to know. You still have some innocence left in you

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

@@LackofFaithify 😳😳😳

[@peterwhitcomb8315]

Did not know this about the Coast Guard. Thanks for sharing so people like me can learn something.

[@mukkah]

This video taught me that... I knew next to nothing about the US' coast guard lol ^_^' Was def a good vid =D

[@arx3516]

They're sea cops after all.

[@devlin7575]

I enjoyed this video Chris (long time subscriber here). I feel you are back on best form with videos of this ilk.

[@MattDiercks]

I love how informative your work is keep it up

[@zedwpd]

As a Mission Crew Commander and Air Battle Manager on AWACS and previous Surveillance Office that adjusts the settings on the airborne radar, we have and still see semi submersibles trying to sneak drugs into the US. I have flown out of Ecuador on AWACS doing counter drug operations. Our military does more than just fight conventional wars.

[@stephanematis]

Ghost Recon Wildlands covered this exact topic as part of the game's narco takedown story. Even in fiction, the whole thing felt surreal.

[@billynomates920]

great video, cappy!

[@AllAboutSurvival]

it's about preventing potentially catastrophic weapons from reaching our shores. The fact that these vessels could easily be used to smuggle firearms, explosives, or even weapons of mass destruction should be a wake-up call for all of us. Kudos to the US Coast Guard's PACTACLET for their bravery and expertise in carrying out such daring operations.

[@Adamroable]

If the US didn't have so many potentially catastrophic weapons staged at hundreds of locations around the world, there would be much less motivation for others to bring the weapons to us. Also, the more scared we are, the richer the defense contractors and the congressmen (+Pelosi) invested in them get.

[@nedames3328]

Prohibition II. The gift that keeps on giving.

[@john_in_phoenix]

Yes, don't think foreign powers are ignorant to the possibilities.

[@Mightydoggo]

Insane... I wonder how long it´ll take them to automate them with AI or something. I also wonder, how long this issue has to get worse, before people understand they have to dry out the demand, not occasionally take out some supply, increasing the profit, thus making the issue even worse while burning tax money.

[@samuelwilliams7331]

Starlink and AI and you wouldn’t even need a crew.

[@Bob_Adkins]

if OSHA gets wind of those unsafe boats, they would shut down the whole fleet within a week. The CG guys are brave, but bureaucrats are weasely and outnumber them 100:1.

[@generictag1050]

HANDRAILSSSSSS

[@MultiSerge1980]

You have to also remember that the Lefties in our government are working hand in hand with the Drug Cartels so they don't want the Coast Guard, Border Patrol, Dept. of Homeland Security, or State or Local authorities stopping the flood of drugs into America, because it would stop the free paychecks that they get from the Cartels.

[@e.m.p.3394]

I am in the coast guard. Seeing a video like this supporting us is definitely not something ive ever expected to see

[@justinkemp4019]

Saw a vid on it years ago, it's fascinating how advanced some of those subs are

[@sirnukesalot24]

Come to think of it, weren't our WWII PT boats based on the speedboats generated by prohibition era smuggling? The difference I'm expecting is that ours will likely be robotic, and double as an IED/torpedo if the wrong side spots it or tries to pick up the goods. If the enemy can't be sure if one of these potential assets was an attack or a supply run, are they really going to commit forces to searching the area for potential recipients?

[@bigmike9128]

The nsc legend class cutter have space reserved for extra weapons and sensors like sonar array. Maybe time to fit the sonar.

[@michaelj.galloway8809]

Thank you, Spare parts, for the look-see

[@SaylerT]

My team works with MSRT (Maritime Security Response Teams) in NAVCENT. Great guys, and very good at what they do. Always happy to ride a Cutter!

[@TokyoJoe3]

The USCG has a slight history of using prior USN vessels. USCGC Alex Haley is still floating around. The USCG used cyclone class vessels from the Navy in the early 2000. Remember USCGC Tamaroa from "The Perfect Storm" it was an old Navy vessel. USCGCs Acushnet and its sister Yocona also from the USN. The USN was also using decommissioned 82' patrol class cutters in the mid 2000s.

[@mondomendez5165]

The US needs to deal with the domestic drug demand problem to create change south of the border. It’s US drug addicts, US drug addiction and even casual hard drug usage that drive the business side of the Latin American drug wars. Supply and demand. Cartels have had to diversify into other business to survive, but the drug trade related operations are still their biggest money makers.

[@TheActionBastard]

Admitting we can't use prohibition to help cure addiction is a solid first step. Honest education and removal of the social stigma for having addiction problems is great. One of the biggest barriers to getting help is that admitting you have a problem instantly labels you and people start treating you differently, so what's the incentive to get help when you'll lose everything? Respect, opportunity, and possibly your job... all for wanting help. It's madness. Our puritanical hypocrisy has created a monster.

[@LackofFaithify]

I was blown away that the Mexican cartels are now the prime players in the avocado market. That's just weird. But also kinda horrifying that they were able to branch out that much. Beyond time to actually deal with the real issue before they expand even more.

[@LackofFaithify]

@@TheActionBastardAnd that doesn't even bring up the fact that it was the medical community that really got the opioid side of things off and running.

[@craigkdillon]

Excellent report. Special thanks for explaining the legal justification used to stop and board ships on the high seas. I was actually wondering about that. I lead a very dull life, so I have time to think about such things.

[@1pcfred]

Might makes right.

[@almac414]

@Taskandpurpose Following on from the mention of the marines taking onboard the idea of these narco subs for themselves, look up the mini subs used by the British Marines during WW2 in their attempts to sink the Tirpitz. Given that was eighty years ago it was mightily impressive. They actually launched some of the subs from very near where I live now, and carried out a lot of the training in the sea lochs around here.

[@labtechrob]

Thanks for the brief explanation of how the US made it legal. It simply granted that power to itself! Cool trick. I wonder what would happen if Cuba announced the same.

[@TheThag]

Just make it legal waste of money to try to stop, rather invest that money into rehab and teaching people about drugs.

[@iandavidvillaloboswong5180]

U.S is the largest market out there. If you guys make it legal all the farmers in Colombia will cross the border and your society would collapse pretty fast. Those guys have a lot of money, they can buy a lot of land pretty fast. Good thing for everyone else as the producer and consumer would be all in the same country but if you care about the U.S then legalization is the last thing you would want. Burning the fields in Colombia is better for everyone, but they say its gonna set the whole forest on fire and blablabla.

[@kanrakucheese]

@@iandavidvillaloboswong5180 We didn't sign the Ottawa treaty.

[@erikvan9582]

Yeah pal,doubt that's gonna work

[@theforsakeen-9014]

@@iandavidvillaloboswong5180 personally doubt it, the CCP has more money than those guys can even conceive yet they are having trouble buying land in the US, morover it will be US billionaire buying those lands if it has that much profit, not illegal immigrant. Most likely all manners of regulation and competition will gut their profit, similar to ancient alcohol "drug lord" in the US.

[@maxpulido]

​@@iandavidvillaloboswong5180 It never collapsed when we legalized booze or dope.

[@bobologic6849]

short and to the point, thanks

[@RatCrapper2]

ridge wallet.... just bought one... love it. thanks. video was, of course, enjoyable

[@daverussell457]

Just 1 tiny nitpick. 11:14 "hecta-acres" Hectares is pronounced hek-tairz

[@Mygg_Jeager]

That killed me too. What an absolute weapon of a man. What kind of sociopath says that? Probably the same kind of person to eat pudding with their fingers. Or to not Dunk a Dunkaroo into the frosting, and opt to eat it separately. XD

[@jedimindtrix2142]

Rofl at the metal gear solid screen clip at the end. Card board box is OP 😂🎉

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

That bit of info at the end that the USMC was thinking of making a version of these for stealth supply and infiltration has some seriously mean tactics that can be done with it. Squatting on islands with batteries of anti-ship/anti-air missiles that were light and portable could create a lot of area of denial situation around them that could be a serious problem in any South Pacific theater war. Since these would allow for resupply without risk, there would be no way to unseat the occupiers short of ballistic missile bombardment, but that is not resource effective economically or numbers wise. Standoff munitions like cruise missiles and drones might be able to dislodge them, but small units like that could become very difficult to locate in that terrain.

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

Coast Guard has a simple solution: smaller ships, more numerous, patroling the US coast. Very close to the land, lower individual cost, larger overall coverage. Like modern Monitors, a single foward gun, short-term crew accomodations, SOTA sensors, organic drone surveilance. Two dozen or so personel+the PACTACLET forces can handle it easy, in a months length deployment, rotating ships to keep up the search. Not to arrest personel and stop the cartels' operations, but to stop the drugs from beying unloaded in USA. But they have to understand that the priority for the Coast Guard needs to be protecting the American Coast. There is just so much anyone can do... The other actions they are involved with, like search and rescue, can continue as they sre done now, but for the narco-subs vs USA this option is the best.

[@dead-claudia]

that's already not far their approach. they just don't have enough resources.

[@scotthaddad563]

I’m saying well done to the Coast Guard Narco units but, How do they have jurisdiction in international waters Southwest of Mexico?

[@s10erwin]

Shoutout to the LEDET Boys. For every one we catch, ten sneak through. Makes sense, solid game plan. At least I got a decent tan bobbing around with a Hitron nearby.

[@lippertwe]

A few other ways to detect the submersibles include radio direction finding (extensively used in WW2 to find U-Boats), ELINT (listening in to communications content), informants, and good old fashioned investigative work.

[@spencerstevens2175]

0800, in the morning really got me, not gonna lie 😂

[@FarmerDrew]

Abre Su Puerto means open your door

[@cgmason7568]

Alto su barco is what he said

[@irafowlerjr.7492]

Wow, crazy, thanks so much

[@chriselias1521]

Hello Chris Is there a type of unmanned sea drone that can be deployed to detect subs and other sea vessels ?

[@vicnighthorse]

Dang, Cappy lives in New Jersey?! That's like living in the bad part of Mordor. He seems like such a sensible nice young man.🤔

[@mukkah]

Even in the darkest of places light may find a way through XD

[@Bob_Adkins]

But he seems so normal. He would fit right in down in Texas.

[@Mygg_Jeager]

You didn't know that? XD

[@SuperCatacata]

New Jersey the only place to give Miami a run for it's money. And that's because so much of Miami is retired people from Jersey.

[@THE-X-Force]

It's just a trope. Jersey (like anywhere else) ain't all bad.

[@spiderpigtvfan5274]

ngl bro is ganan tell that story to his kids and grand kids

[@razvanciobotaru3089]

Thanks! I love you video very much Task, hope to make one soon about 2024 Ecuadorian conflict, Transnistria conflict and my be serious on Nebula.

[@nathanhoffman20000]

Im glad you are covering this. The single most dangerous threat to the country and a battle we have already lost. Let's not become Mexico folks.

[@whaecK]

So funny when successes get claimed, but the whole damn world gets provided by them and the prices for ******* etc are stagnant for maaaany many years, and we all know why.. Theres so much money, and therefore, determination involved, you would need a whole army to put a little dent in their operations

[@Mygg_Jeager]

You don't need to censor the word DRUGS you know. XD

[@whaecK]

@@Mygg_Jeager it was more specific and starts with a c, i know i dont have to, but why not Everyone old enough knows

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@whaecK ohhhh, you said cappo. 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

[@whaecK]

@@Mygg_Jeager stop counting stars!D: i just tipped * a few times^

[@Mygg_Jeager]

@@whaecK What's wrong with Chris Cappy? (2 x 5-star words now) xD

[@linguist8623]

@Taskandpurpose: Those mini submersibles are useful in sending in spies with non-state (formal) connections.... If Tehran, PyeongYang, etc... sends in mercs, non-state spies, operators, etc... including with WMDs, that's a huge risk. No doubt PyeongYang has a massive fleet of such... @Dept of Homeland Sec.

[@glenn6583]

Homeland Security is a scam

[@chevystuffs5971]

You had me at wawa bro. Cape May County checking in. 👍🏼

[@Suzuki_Hiakura]

Honestly used to want to build my own Narco sub and just use it like that underwater hotel near some coastline (that pizza was delivered to). Just anchor it to keep it stationary, and the snorkel design to breath... figured it might be frowned upon by the locals, though I could totally use sheet metal to make it, and maybe go through the trouble of getting it registered (figure it would be far more difficult to do than a homemade boat).

[@2fast2nick]

That ridge wallet ad was slipped in there so perfectly.

[@BMXW]

Nothing sounds weirder to me than “The Eastern Pacific”. Like I know it’s not wrong, but it still feels hella weird 😂😂 JUST SAY OFF THE WEST COAST

[@mukkah]

East / west bank of the Dnipro river has been messin' with me the whole Ukrainian war, myself lol XD

[@BMXW]

@@mukkah lmfao right? Like I’m not directionally challenged, some things just come off yucky 😂

[@wigon]

The end of your video is the most important point. That's awesome that the Marines are using this technology as a workaround to traditional amphibious landing craft that would be easily destroyed by Chinese ships and aircraft. A large semi-submersible landing craft made with stealth materials and with the ability to swim up onto certain types of beaches (surveyed by Navy Seal divers or Marine Force Recon divers) would allow for a whole new type of amphibious landing. The landing part however would be the most difficult so it might be necessary for the entire landing force to have to swim to shore. For logistics, supply delivery would be the most difficult aspect. However this could be done by drone variants in order to minimize risk. The main trick would be to develop quick supply unloading systems so that pallets of supplies could be quickly unloaded so that the drone could quickly be pushed back into the water where it returns to a drone (or manned) mother ship for refueling and resupply. There is no question that this is the only viable approach to accomplish a task such as resupplying U.S. Marines in Taiwan or in contested Islands in the the Philippine archipelago.

[@daveditchdigger2111]

The Coast Guard is Underrated, Undermaned, Underfunded, & Unappreciated. If they got a bit more celebrated for their excellent training and work, we would all be better off. SGT. USMC.

[@kylereese6202]

It might be a good idea to fund the Coast Guard more, they are barely able to complete modernization.

[@0Sirk0]

Everybody picks on the puddle pirates, until they're in littoral waters without heavy weapons. Then they're scuttled lol.

[@tango_uniform]

A lot has changed since the 90s when Operation Bahamas, Antilles, Turks (OPBAT) started. ANG units from Pennsylvania and New York operated multi megawatt radar sets equipped with IFF interrogators to search for small aircraft transiting the Caribbean Sea. I was at Great Inagua for 17 days, maintaining a SATCOM radio link to Coast Guard Station Key West. On the way down, I saw oodles of twin engine aircraft and cigarette boats that had been stopped and unloaded by government officials. We looked for small aircraft flying below angels 10, less than 200 knots, and not squawking IFF. Drug runners wouldn't dare overfly Cuba, so we were situated in a perfect spot. I met a DEA agent whose job it was to infiltrate a drug camp in Colombia, set the drug plane's IFF to squawk a special code, and skedaddle. If you run across old guys from Pennsylvania ANG, ask them if they like fried grouper. My combat comm unit also served in Jamaica and Colombia.

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

I always love seeing new videos covering the cartels, keep it up!

[@krisskross9994]

yoooooooo lets GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOOGO!!!!! I the new logo colours too

[@Taskandpurpose]

thanks! I might switch to back to red, the black might be too difficult to notice it kind of blends it with the background if youre on dark mode

[@krisskross9994]

@@Taskandpurpose valid, - i personally use dark mode but its more grey than black, and the yellow + white still stand out well

[@erazorDev]

Liked the old logo better, but maybe just the familiarity@@Taskandpurpose

[@amaadfastboom]

Honestly I'm just surprised nobody thought of "underwater submarine transport ships" for the military until those homewrecking cartel subs started popping up...

[@paulmiddleton4215]

WW2 subs were often used to supply the resistance in the Phillipine Islands. it wasn't thought of, the practice was forgotten

[@michaelschulz4317]

Actually the Axis powers used what your talking about to a great extent in WW2, Germany used U-boats on what we would call special operations today, Japan transported troops and supplies that way to the islands but its hard to get enough supplies in subs (much less unload them) to sustain an army they actually found out you cant supply 20k soldiers that way.

[@nedames3328]

Milch Kou. German WW II resupply submarines supporting attack subs on long patrols.

[@Mariner311]

Did some of the early LEO Navy Ops off Mexico back in 1988 in the SH-60B - before they had narco-subs - they were a RUMOR, but possible. We were a pair of frigates with helicopters, and each ship had a 6 man (?) Coast Guard boarding crew - I think that was also the first time the frigates were carrying RIBs too.

[@unappreciatedtreehouse821]

The sub crew were probably just seeking asylum.

[@cruisinguy6024]

The war on drugs is such a waste. We’ve spent trillions and yet drugs are fully accessible everywhere to anyone. It’s especially wasteful for marijuana. That shit should have been legalized federally long ago, and the cost savings put towards treatment & addiction centers for hard drug users. All these massive drug seizures mean nothing. It’s a complete waste. And before anyone comes at me…..I have never done any illegal narcotics nor had the desire to.

[@Mygg_Jeager]

I've joined the war on drugs. On the side of the drugs.

[@tomizatko3138]

The why are you rooting for them?

[@repairman2be250]

Cost savings - Those addicts don't want to be saved. No savings there, just money wasted.

[@1pcfred]

You make about as much sense as a wasto pothead does. So congratulations on being a natural.

[@chadouellette790]

Supply the coast guard with the navy "ghost" boats. I saw the ghost being built at portsmouth naval shipyard. Its so cool looking!

[@its_VAFELZ]

A few of my friends in the Canadian Navy participated in this operation a few years ago. They had some fun and helped allies with securing coastlines o7

[@andrewfischer8564]

havent we learned the war on drungs is counter productive

[@charleschristianson2730]

The Government doesn't have the authority to tell me I can't take drugs if I feel like it..

[@juu4524]

Why not?

[@LackofFaithify]

Just so long as you get a prescription from a trusted corporate medical practice and buy from a US based supplier, you are good to go.

[@carlpanzram7081]

​@@juu4524The same reason they have no authority to tell you what to think or say.

[@repairman2be250]

Covid vaccine was mandated in some countries.

[@1pcfred]

@@carlpanzram7081 we have a property based legal system. Thoughts and words are not property. But the drugs we bust you with are. They can be shown as exhibit A in your trial too. I've indicted people with quantities of drugs that are not even perceptible to the naked eye. But 0.006 of a gram is still possession.

[@electrogestapo]

For detecting these subs, how about using the Battleship concept of deploying lots of monitor bouys all over the coast to listen for subs and whatnots.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

If anything falls under Homeland, however bureaucratically encumbered it has been, or at least a new iteration of it, it's exactly for this involving USCG, geopolitical threats, drug war, so forth. Very cool team!

[@kananisha]

I remember this, the balls on that man need their own boat lol

[@Mygg_Jeager]

Nah, they're classified as personal flotation devices. XD

[@danielvalenzuela7]

Posted 33 seconds ago and already 9 likes (including mine 😉) for a video of 15:00. Looks like we're confident your videos never disappoint!

[@mukkah]

Certain channels ya like, ya just know its consistent, quality content. And also so as not to forget to do so at the end of the vid ^_^' Our creators need that sweet, SWEET ALGO GOD love, lol

[@travelchoice89]

😱🚢 This is intense! It's like something out of a movie!

[@250ericm]

"Technically legal is the best kind of legal" 3:45 that's some Cappy gold there 😂😂😂