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Sailing ship captures a narco sub
CNN ^ | 25 October 2021 | Brad Lendon, CNN

Posted on 10/25/2021 11:05:47 PM PDT by blueplum

(CNN)Consider it a win for 18th century technology over late 20th century criminal innovation.

A three-masted sailing ship belonging to the Ecuadorian Navy last week captured a so-called narco sub, a homemade low-profile vessel (LPV) designed to transport illegal narcotics, in the Pacific Ocean off Colombia, according to a statement from Ecuador's military....

,,,The 257-foot-long (78 meter) sailing ship, powered by more than 15,000 square feet (1,393 square meter) of sails hung from three towering masks, was on a training cruise when it spotted the drug-running vessel and made the stop, the Ecuadorian military said...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: columbia; drugsmugglers; ecuador; sailors
a 3-master sounds like a great training experience
1 posted on 10/25/2021 11:05:47 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

The article doesn’t see it that way, now does it?

“sails hung from three towering masks”


2 posted on 10/26/2021 2:13:23 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: blueplum

...or maybe that’s how it got translated from article to what’s posted. Anyway you look at it, that’s funny.


3 posted on 10/26/2021 2:16:18 AM PDT by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: wita

“...or maybe that’s how it got translated from article to what’s posted.”

They were probably using Google translation which is notoriously bad.


4 posted on 10/26/2021 4:48:00 AM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: blueplum

“Ahoy, matey!”


6 posted on 10/26/2021 7:30:06 AM PDT by moovova (I'm dismayed that most of the world hates me for being non-vaxxed. Honest. No, really.)
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To: wita

Sounds like a Freudian slip, as all these clowns seem to have on their minds is the virus and face maskes.


7 posted on 10/26/2021 7:56:10 AM PDT by saintgermaine (Saintgermain the time traveler)
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