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SOUTHCOM Strikes Caribbean Go-Fast Vessel and Says Four Aboard Were Killed
CARIBBEAN — According to U.S. Southern Command, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere struck a go-fast vessel, a small fast boat, in the Caribbean on October 4.
The command said confirmed intelligence showed the boat was taking part in drug trafficking on routes it called established trafficking routes, and that the strike killed four people it called “narco-terrorists.”
- Sources
- Operator
- Location
- 14.0000, -75.0000 (Western Hemisphere)
- Updated
- Oct 28, 1:52 AM UTC
US Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia, after seizing more than 2 million in illegal narcotics
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Monday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage.
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Joint Task Force-Southern Border Uses Army High-Energy Laser Against Three Cartel Drones
SOUTHERN BORDER — On August 27 U.S. Southern Command reported that Joint Task Force-Southern Border personnel used the Army Multipurpose High Energy Laser (AMP-HEL) during the late-night hours of August 25 and 26 against three unmanned aircraft the command called hostile and cartel-linked.
The weapon is a directed-energy system. It burns or disables a target with a focused beam rather than a missile.
- Sources
- Operator
- Location
- 31.7838, -106.9969 (North America)
- Updated
- Oct 27, 11:23 PM UTC
Operation Burnout: 433rd AW Airlifts $5 Billion in Seized Narcotics for Destruction
In a massive demonstration of rapid global mobility and interagency cooperation, 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Airmen partnered with Drug Enforcement Administration personnel to execute an interagency joint mission- Operation Burnout- the largest…
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