>>6265633 re seal beach cartel subs

Lets push the envelope…

cartel subs can get sophisticated for rigs made of fiberglass. and they get the job done woth minimal crew and marginal risk of detection.

What happens when a state actor with a navy and a place to dock on our shores emulates the cartels? I'mm talking china PLAN + COSCO cargo fleet.

check this shit out… I cant find any mentions (specifically prior 2010) but heres 2 and 2 to add together:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2005/04/chinas_container_ship_fleet_an.html

Solidifying China's stranglehold on the world's merchant fleet is the country's rapid ascension as a world leader in commercial ship repair and conversion services. These complex projects can now be completed at a number of shipyards throughout China. Its largest ship repair organization, the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) Shipyard, operates the Nantong shipyard near Shanghai, which is increasingly handling tanker, container and bulk carrier repairs and conversions. Separately, the Dailan and Guangzhou shipyards, among the country's largest repair facilities, also expect rapid growth and increased investment in the near future.

in this article is mention of the us navy modifying an oil tanker for mission specs… best believe the pla was eyes on.

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htamph/articles/20161122.aspx

: In late 2016 the U.S. Navy received the USNS Lewis B. Puller, which is the first of two T-ESB ships. The “ESB” part of a recent trend and stands for Expeditionary Mobile Base. This design was previously known as MLP (Mobile Landing Platform) or AFSB (Afloat Forward Staging Base). T-ESB is a 78,000 ton ship that is basically a modified oil tanker. The flight deck can handle the heavy (33 ton) CH-53 transport helicopters as well as the MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft. A structure on the hanger deck mine-clearing gear used by the helicopters (like four mine clearing sleds towed by the helicopters). The hanger deck carries boats and unmanned surface and underwater vehicles weighing up to 11 tons (the max that the cranes can handle.) There are accommodations for an additional 298 personnel (commandos, marines, specialists of any sort). There are plans to add a gym and other facilities for troops. The flight deck can also operate many types of UAVs. There is a lot of cargo space for supplies and fuel. The ship is highly automated and only needs a crew of 34.

here is direct mention of what im saying but with missiles rather than subs.

https://www.checkpointasia.net/china-building-long-range-cruise-missile-launched-from-ship-container/

China’s state-owned Cosco shipping company is currently selling its Long Beach, Calif., shipping terminal as part of a deal completed last year to buy a rival container shipping line Orient Overseas International Ltd.

basically modify the hull of a commercial cargo ship so that a sub can park under/ within it like a hat on top of a head. evade detection contraband in sib. in event of alert, sub breaks away.

…. oh yeah and I forgot until pulling this stuff up, we ceded control of the panama canal… guess which state more or less filled the vacuum?