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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mongoose on July 04, 2010, 02:13:20 pm

Title: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Mongoose on July 04, 2010, 02:13:20 pm

Quote from: karajorma on July 04, 2010, 05:28:49 am

Maybe we can give Maradona this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/latin_america/10500390.stm) world cup as consolation for Argentina going out. :p

Bizarre. :lol:

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Snail on July 04, 2010, 02:32:42 pm

Those drug dealers have home made submarines now!? :eek:

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Thaeris on July 04, 2010, 02:58:53 pm

Those smugglers are pretty sharp to do such things, and I must admire them for that...

http://www.examiner.com/x-40065-Blogosphere-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m7d3-Drug-submarine-seized-by-Ecuadorian-police-and-US-DEA--photo-gallery

The thing also looks pretty cool, and it's quite large at 100ft long.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Mongoose on July 04, 2010, 11:18:17 pm

I wouldn't want to hit anything bigger than a three-foot wave in something like that, though.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Kosh on July 05, 2010, 12:24:27 am

Quote from: Mongoose on July 04, 2010, 11:18:17 pm

I wouldn't want to hit anything bigger than a three-foot wave in something like that, though.

It's ment to go underwater, I don't think a big wave would present a big problem for it. It's too bad they dont give too many detailed technical and performance specs.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Flipside on July 05, 2010, 02:04:30 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10500390.stm

Replica of World Cup seized that is made out of cocaine.

If Argentina won, that thing wouldn't last one night in Maradonas' locker ;)

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: headdie on July 05, 2010, 02:11:08 pm

the replica shows they have a sense of humour I suppose. 

would have lol at that sub if it had launched when sonar picked it up and the bemused looks the sailors would have had that captured it.  would have lol harder if they torpedoed it

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: NGTM-1R on July 05, 2010, 02:42:47 pm

Quote from: Kosh on July 05, 2010, 12:24:27 am

It's ment to go underwater, I don't think a big wave would present a big problem for it. It's too bad they dont give too many detailed technical and performance specs.

In truth they're "semi-submerged boats", not "submarines", like the Davis boats from the Civil War. The point is to hide from radar and you can do that if you get down to about the same level as the waves. You wouldn't want to completely submerge one.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Thaeris on July 05, 2010, 04:03:53 pm

The one in the link I posted looks like a fully functional sub, though, and it was certainly large enough to be one. Also, can we get a thread split for the drug subs? They are pretty cool discussion items...

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Angelus on July 05, 2010, 04:31:03 pm

Good idea, Flipside just started a new thread about them and the SSM posts could be merged with his thread.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: The E on July 05, 2010, 05:05:02 pm

Parallel stuff from the World Cup thread merged into this one.

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: StarSlayer on July 05, 2010, 05:30:36 pm

I don't suppose they made the sub entirely of marijuana and crewed it with Cheech and Chong?

Title: Re: That Rush of Victory
Post by: Thaeris on July 05, 2010, 05:34:10 pm

Hemp is tough stuff, hombre. :p