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  • August 2008

    • Drug Smugglers' Subs Could Open US to Terrorists

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 17, 08 11:21 AM CDT

      Drug Smugglers' Subs Could Open US to Terrorists

      (Newser) - Semi-submersible boats used to smuggle drugs into the US could provide a path into the country for terrorists or their weapons, the Boston Globe reports. “If drug cartels can ship up to 10 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible, they can clearly ship or rent space to a terrorist organization,” wrote a Navy official in a military journal. More »

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      terrorist  • drug trafficking  • smuggling  • submarine  • weapons of mass destruction  • drug trade  • boat  • submersibles

    • Japan Warned of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

      Associated Press  |  Aug 2, 08 10:10 AM CDT

      Japan Warned of Nuclear Leak from US Sub

      (AP) - The US Navy has warned Japan that a small amount of radiation may have leaked from an American nuclear submarine during its recent visits to two southern ports. The US said the amount of radioactivity was negligible, but the news could cause a stir in Japan, where both the US military presence and its nuclear vessels are controversial. More »

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      Japan  • US Navy  • nuclear  • radiation  • submarine

  • July 2008

    • Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      (AP) - Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast yesterday and arrested its four-man crew. The 30-foot makeshift vessel was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, and intercepted when it surfaced. The crew offered no resistance, and say drug lords forced them to make the journey.   More »

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      Mexico  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug trafficking  • submarine

  • May 2008

    • Nuclear Sub Damage Linked to Tracing Paper

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Nuclear Sub Damage Linked to Tracing Paper

      (Newser) - Investigators have found the culprit behind a $10 million nuclear submarine accident: Tracing paper. HMS Trafalgar struck the seabed in 2002 because a piece of tracing paper obscured key details on a nautical chart, the Guardian reports. More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • accident  • submarine  • submarine training

    • Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      Economist  |  May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      (Newser) - Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling  • submarine  • drug cartels

  • February 2008

    • Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Feb 4, 08 2:25 PM CST

      Turks Find Hitler's 'Lost Fleet'

      (Newser) - Three World War II U-boats, known as "Hitler's lost fleet," have been discovered off the Turkish coast, the Telegraph reports. A Turkish team combined archival research with sailor interviews and sonar technology to find the wreckage, part of the six-boat fleet that dogged Russian ships in the Black Sea under notorious commander "Silent Otto" Kretschmer. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • World War II  • history  • Adolf Hitler  • discovery  • sailor  • submarine  • Black Sea  • sonar  • Romania

  • December 2007

    • Wait a Second! Sub Watch Raises More Questions

      Associated Press  |  Dec 15, 07 8:59 AM CST

      Wait a Second! Sub Watch Raises More Questions

      (Newser) - Scientists had hoped that the watch belonging to the commander of the HL Hunley would give them some clues as to why the Confederate submarine sank in 1864. But they've been left only with more questions, AP reports. The watch stopped quickly rather than winding down—possibly because of an explosion, but it may have been broken sooner or lost time in damp conditions. More »

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      archaeology  • submarine  • Civil War  • Confederacy

  • August 2007

    • Fake Sub Sets Off Harbor Scare

      New York Post  |  Aug 4, 07 12:44 PM CDT

      Fake Sub Sets Off Harbor Scare

      (Newser) - A New York performance artist and two pals were detained yesterday after they tried to navigate a replica of a Revolutionary War-era submarine near the Queen Mary II  in Brooklyn. Their maritime mischief  created a brief scare, and the Coast Guard was dispatched. Apparently, the three were trying to recreate the first submarine attack  in military history. More »

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      New York City  • history  • Coast Guard  • submarine

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