[chris]

May 30, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said was smuggling drugs. The military said the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Three men aboard were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

[chris]

June 3, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said was smuggling drugs while transiting a known drug-trafficking route. Two men aboard were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

[chris]

June 16, 2026

U.S. military forces struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific that the U.S. military said was smuggling drugs. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting a known drug-trafficking route and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. One man aboard was killed, and two men survived. After the strike, the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue for the survivors, and no U.S. military forces were harmed.

[chris]

June 18, 2026

In the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said was smuggling drugs. The military said intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known drug-trafficking routes and was engaged in drug-trafficking operations. Three men aboard were killed. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

[chris]

June 21, 2026

In the Caribbean, the U.S. military struck a vessel it said was smuggling drugs while transiting a known drug-trafficking route. Two men aboard were killed, and six men survived. After the strike, the U.S. military notified the U.S. Coast Guard to activate search and rescue for the survivors. No U.S. military forces were harmed.

[Mr.NoCredit]

What amazes me is that these boats remain largely intact and turn into floating funeral pyres. Do they eventually sink from holes in the boat I wonder or just float around with burnt bodies and melted drug bundles!?! What type of armament are being used for these operations!?!

[chris]

Originally Posted by Mr.NoCredit ↗

What amazes me is that these boats remain largely intact and turn into floating funeral pyres. Do they eventually sink from holes in the boat I wonder or just float around with burnt bodies and melted drug bundles!?! What type of armament are being used for these operations!?!

I don't know from the military perspective, but I can explain from the boating perspective. A lot of civilian boats made in the last ~25 years really won't sink. They porpoise. Which means if it does go down, usually the bow, or even the front 1/3 of the boat will remain up in the air. They are acually designed NOT to sink. Yet of course they are also not designed to be hit by a tomahawk missile. So who really knows.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

I don't know from the military perspective, but I can explain from the boating perspective. A lot of civilian boats made in the last ~25 years really won't sink. They porpoise. Which means if it does go down, usually the bow, or even the front 1/3 of the boat will remain up in the air. They are acually designed NOT to sink. Yet of course they are also not designed to be hit by a tomahawk missile. So who really knows.

$1.5 million to $2 million tomahawks are fired by ships and subs to destroy way bigger targets p.

the narco vessels are often built with a double-walled fiberglass hull packed tightly with high-density polyurethane buoyancy foam so when those reaper drones fire their Hellfires or griffins, with around 16 pounds warhead, or drop a gbu-39 small diameter bomb which are sufficient enough for these smaller targets to get destroyed although they sometimes do a double tap to be extra sure.

these hellfires are the most expensive, esp. when you do a double tap. Rather use those way cheaper gbu-39 bombs or griffin missiles.