Guatemala nabs cocaine-stuffed submarine in Pacific

These guys are getting ballsier and ballsier , making their own submarines to transport their products !
To bad some of them just don't go legit , they could probably make a good living with their skills , and not have to worry about going to prison !


(Reuters) - Guatemala's navy captured a makeshift submarine loaded with five metric tons of cocaine bound for the United States, the Guatemalan military said on Sunday.

The navy, which was working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on the operation, stopped the 55-foot (17-meter) vessel on Friday off Guatemala's Pacific coast and arrested four Colombian men on board.

"There was a sleeping compartment, another (compartment) for the engine, and a third for cargo which was full of cocaine," armed forces spokesman Byron Gutierrez told a news conference.

The four men were taken into custody by DEA agents.

Drug cartels ship hundreds of metric tons of cocaine from Latin America to the United States every year.

In October 2009, a similar submersible was found 108 miles off the Guatemalan coast, packed with 10 metric tons of cocaine.

Russia to build 6 nuclear subs with cruise missiles

This is nice to know , Along with China building up it's Military , Knowing now that Russia is doing the same , I wonder if the Obamasiah , thinks it a smart idea to "Downsize our Military" or just do nothing ?

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia will build at least six nuclear-powered submarines with long-range cruise missiles for its navy, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency.

The missiles can potentially carry low-capacity tactical warheads, the news agency reported Friday.

"These supersonic, highly maneuvering missiles are designed for strikes on aircraft carriers of the enemy if the latter poses a direct threat to Russia's security," the unnamed source told Itar-Tass. "The missiles can be launched at the most important coastal facilities."

The source added, "Despite the construction of a new nuclear submarine with new missiles, Russia intends to observe firmly international arms control agreements on equal terms with other countries."

The Severodvinsk-class submarines are being built at the Sevmash shipyard, the center of Russian nuclear submarine production, according to Global Security's Web site.

The new subs will be put into service for the Russian navy in 2011, the source told Itar-Tass.

Russia will finance the construction of the new submarine with long-range cruise missiles, First Deputy Chief of the Navy's General Staff, Vice-Admiral Oleg Burtsev told Itar-Tass.