00:00This isn't a military submarine. It's a homemade boat carrying 7 tons of cocaine, and it's designed to be completely
00:06invisible to Navy radar.
00:07It's not made of high-tech steel or titanium. It's built from fiberglass and wood, materials that don't reflect radar
00:13waves like a warship does.
00:15But the real trick isn't the material, it's the freeboard.
00:18The hull is engineered to ride almost completely submerged, with only a tiny, non-metallic profile poking above the waves.
00:24Radar works by bouncing energy off objects. By keeping the boat awash, it blends into sea clutter, the natural noise
00:31of waves and spray.
00:32To a Navy radar operator, this massive vessel looks like nothing more than a rogue wave or a piece of
00:37floating debris.
00:38They even route the exhaust through cooling pipes to kill the heat signature, making it invisible to infrared sensors, too.
00:44It's the ultimate game of hide-and-seek. Authorities aren't fighting a machine, they're fighting a shadow that's engineered to
00:50disappear into the ocean itself.
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