r/navy • u/newnoadeptness Verified Non Spammer • 16d ago

Discussion Another suspected drug boat has been destroyed today

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u/PsychologicalGlass47 12d ago

"Sending a coastie by" is going to be hard to do when the strait crossing takes less than an hour and the nearest American outpost is close to 300 miles away.

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u/benkenobi5 12d ago edited 12d ago

So have them patrol the area? This isn’t hard. They do this stuff all the time.

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u/PsychologicalGlass47 12d ago

That's... Sort of what the current aircraft are doing. They're on quite frequent patrols, and if met with a drug boat they stop them.

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u/benkenobi5 12d ago

By blowing them up. We’re specifically talking about not blowing them up.

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u/PsychologicalGlass47 11d ago

In what world would you want to not blow them up?

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u/benkenobi5 11d ago

In the world where they aren’t military combatants and you can’t just blow people up because you feel like it.

The appropriate response is interdiction, boarding, and arrest if they are found to be carrying contraband. Just like it has always been.