DruCUOverOaers
Drug cartels continue to try and outwit the police and security while attempting to smuggle the most cargo possible. During their attempts to avoid prison time and confiscation of their load, drug cartels have recently turned to using submarines for two main reasons that would make these submarines incredibly useful for cargo ships. These two reasons are 1) that the submarines are able to hold more than the previous methods of human drug mules or even boat (one report stated that a submarine was found with over eight tons worth nearly a quarter billion US dollars) and 2) the submarines were much harder to detect and therefore less likely to be discovered by security forces. Both of these factors would be critical in solving a major issue in today's world. That issue is providing aid and trading cargo with unstable regions in Africa and the Middle East among others. For example, in Somalia a major issue is that pirates and raiders invade the cargo ships, hold the crew hostage or in some cases kill them, and steal the goods being traded. Submarines used to be used for cargo ships during the second world war and have characteristics that would recommend bringing them back under present conditions. The useful size that make submarines a choice means of transportation also makes them useful for trade by allowing them to carry a reasonable size of cargo and given enough effort these submarines can grow in size even more. Meanwhile the fact that submarines are harder to detect, not to mention the fact that these submarines are impenetrable compared to cargo ships currently being used, makes them ideal for avoiding invasion or raids and virtually impossible to board. Currently hundreds of submarines are left unused by the US Navy, constantly being broken down for scrape metal and falling into disrepair. If a handful of these machines were converted they could be incredibly useful in returning stability to Somalia.