Defense Technology International – The first of two first of two Class 209PN air-independent propulsion/diesel-electric submarines for the Portuguese navy was launched at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Germany’s lead submarine building yard in Kiel on July 15.
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Daily Archives: July 17, 2008
Mexican Navy – Mexican navy finds suspected drugs in makeshift submarine
AFP – The Mexican navy has intercepted a home-made submarine with a suspected drug shipment in Pacific waters, 15 kilometers (10 miles) off the coast of Oaxaca state.
Los Angeles Times – Submarine, homemade and cocaine-laden, is seized off Mexico.
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