the fact that KZread has bullied it's sole money makers so far into submission that we end up having to self-censor information that poses no harm to those that watch this content is criminally insane.

@AcidGambit419

2 ай бұрын

Remember how hard creators on cable TV fought censorship? Just look at South Park and Jerry Springer. They were the most controversial things on TV in the early 2000s but now people can say fuck on TV and no one cares. But for KZread creators if no censorship means no money, you bet your ass they are beeping out cocaine.

@MrKKUT1984

2 ай бұрын

Exactly why I been watching rumble more and more lately. Every other week youtube suspends me for a harmless comment

@jj4791

2 ай бұрын

Once you cross their line, the algorithm crushes You.

@evananderson1455

2 ай бұрын

@@MrKKUT1984 I'm always curious what "harmless comment" people are making when they claim KZread is suspending them. I've made plenty of definitely not harmless comments and have never received more than a warning...kinda makes me doubt the sincerity of those types of claims.

@MrKKUT1984

2 ай бұрын

@evananderson1455 I used the word "homosexual" and not even in a derogatory way and they banned me from commenting for a day or two. This has happened many times for different words. Another time I said "thieves should get a hand chopped off when they get caught stealing." I made this comment about a video where a bunch of thugs I guess is the best way to describe them, beat a woman and stole her car or purse or something to that effect. Banned again. This is just a few of the more recent times it happened.

From one cartel to another

@tallahassZ

2 ай бұрын

America is the biggest terrorist / drug pushing cartel on the planet. Are you that daft, dude?

@Dcale

2 ай бұрын

No better than our own government! Us gov

@generalmarkmilleyisbenedic8895

2 ай бұрын

Not really russophobe

@amazin7006

2 ай бұрын

@@Dcale lol you people hate your own country so much, just move. The self-hatred is insanely pathetic

@jj4791

2 ай бұрын

^ Lies. Damm lies. The US Government has structural seperation of powers, and a robust judicial system. You don't get kneecapped and daughters taken never to be seen again because You don't pay your protection fee. Paying utilities and trash companies is vasty superior to cartels.

The Rostov submarine is no longer available for sale.

@nfuryboss

2 ай бұрын

The Chinese might sell them one on the cheap. A basic stainless steel tube with some Chinese lithium-ion batteries and an electric motor is all they need.

@univrzsal

2 ай бұрын

actually. you can buy a submarine . a foxtrot sub. want a link?

@kimjongun2081

2 ай бұрын

@@univrzsalplease

@sir_dreadlord_on_blitz7042

2 ай бұрын

​@@univrzsalsure

@purpleldv966

2 ай бұрын

...for $50 million! But the nuke...

Current Swedish diesel electric subs are orders of magnitude more silent than a foxtrot.

@matsv201

2 ай бұрын

The swedish subs are Sterling electric. Not diesel electric. They do also have a diesel motor. But its only for emergancy use.

@navyreviewer

2 ай бұрын

More silent than a Foxtrot is a pretty low bar.

@matsv201

2 ай бұрын

@@navyreviewer but orders of magnitude is quite a large diffrance

@BilgePump

2 ай бұрын

how do u know?

@nobodyisbest

Ай бұрын

Sweden won't be selling a submarine to a drug cartel anytime soon.

dammit, that coastguard vessel was fitted with sonar and just pinged us. up periscope! right, no other ships nearby. launch torpedo 1! torpedo 2 away sir, engine running... torpedo 2? nooo! tell me it was torpedo 1. oh, boy! the boss is not gonna be happy....

@user-McGiver

2 ай бұрын

lol

When you realize what type of sub the Foxtrot was I would say the Cartel got a blessing by not getting it

@theodoreolson8529

2 ай бұрын

Yea, that boat would be a bigger hazard to the cartel than to us.

@LeonAust

2 ай бұрын

Especially when it was many decades old, and anything that is retired by the Russian's have usually had a hard life of it and that were totally crapped out rust buckets.

@frankb4517

2 ай бұрын

USSR’s Underwater Noisemaking Craft.

@williamromine5715

2 ай бұрын

I'll bet the U.S. submarine commanders wished that the sales of Russian submarines would go thru. They would have had the opportunity to sink real targets. After all, simulated attacks could get tedious and boring.

@frankb4517

2 ай бұрын

@@williamromine5715 They could call it Operation: Hunt for the Rusting October.

Hope they bought a ton of Flex Seal

The referenced drug cartel is not pronounced "Medellon" it's "Meh-de-yeen"

Not surprised that the market for russian submersibles is pretty active these days

@TheStormpilgrim

2 ай бұрын

Ukraine is converting Russian ships into subs on at least a quarterly basis.

@user-McGiver

2 ай бұрын

@@TheStormpilgrim airplanes too...

@Brandon-nq7ys

Ай бұрын

This happened back in the 1980s.....

@rgbforever4561

Ай бұрын

@@Brandon-nq7ys no shit

That would be a massive flex for a mob boss with a nuclear weapons if the cartel had chosen that route 😂

@bipolarspock6145

Ай бұрын

They would of been eliminated with extreme prejudice without any regard to collateral damage or loss of life to surrounding area. Having said that, I wouldn’t be surprised if they do have one just in case they are targeted.

So basically one mafia group tried to sell a sub to another mafia group then?

@mex351

Ай бұрын

The Cartel tried to "buy" a sub to transport there goods. Its a doco on netflix Operation Odessa.They got ripped off.

Well done Alex. Great work from the Sandbox News team

I think it would have been harder to sneak up the coast in an old Soviet sub than the home made one.

@Urconnect

Ай бұрын

Not unless you have the navy in your pocket

I watched that documentary, "Operation Odessa". It's one of the craziest stories I've ever heard. Great documentary...

@cliftonixs

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact, the same director created Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer on Netflix.

@everypitchcounts4875

2 ай бұрын

It was on last night

you have to bleep out the word cocaine now?!

@mondriaa

2 ай бұрын

if you want to make money with adds then yes

@abdiganiaden

2 ай бұрын

You can say whatever you want but if you want advertisers money then they simply asked for family friendly content. So take it or leave

@ronjon7942

2 ай бұрын

@@abdiganiadengeez, ok. And here I thought the movie “Blow” was considered family friendly nowadays.

@jj4791

2 ай бұрын

X is ... X.

@wilfdarr

2 ай бұрын

Could have just said "Coke": No way in hell Woke KZread is going to block the name of their favorite soft drink!

Slight correction, the Cali Cartel did not split off (Wiki is incorrect in its wording) from the Medellin cartel. They associated and did some coordination at first before becoming harsher competitors. The Cali folks actually started off as a kidnapping ring.

Fun story Alex, right before I got out of the Navy I was stationed at the Pentagon as part of the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate. I was on watch in the NJOIC inside the NMCC and we were right in the middle of a big interdiction campaign with SouthCom, the Coast Guard and the DEA. I was doing basic searches on google for open source info and I had come across an article from 2000 about a submarine that was being built in a mountain workshop 18 miles from Bogota. Columbian police found Russian technical manuals with said sub. I passed this to the DDI and it spiraled from there, an hour later the then Chairman Admiral Mullen was on the watch floor holding a video conference with other high ranking officials about Russia helping Narco traffickers. Pretty interesting day. It was believed that the Russian mafia was responsible for transferring the documents and If I’m not mistaken the documents were for a Kilo class sub.

Every time I hear this story I think of my relative who served as a submariner. They died before hearing this story and would have served on a sub of a similar class. I remember hearing stories about the size difference between modern subs and post WWII subs. Not everyone can make it as a sailor under the ocean. I also remember them joking around about giving the public a test run in the water. Knowing that you can say you can do it but once your under and you hear all the odd noises while diving. Some people couldn't handle it during training and that was training Imagine trying to get any regular guy to operate the sub with a limited crew who could help without panicking. To add the layer of them buying a nuke to this is just unbelievable. Talk about the ultimate arms dealing. Wow! I regret not touring a sub years ago when I had the chance. Being too frugal and semi claustrophobic made me pass. But it definitely would have been a hell of a conversation to talk about later.

gotta just love this channel . . . Alex is by far the best. this video is far out..

If the Russians did sell a sub to the Cartels, I'm pretty confident it would have been targeted by the U.S. the moment we found out about it. Using smaller subs is more practical for them.

Comparing a Foxtrot to the Gottlanand isn't exactly a fair comparison...

- Hey, Russia, what are you sellin'? - Da.

Thanks Alex this was a good one never heard about, and I have heard a few stories in my days.

I've been waiting for SEAPOWER! Keep it up Alex and Team.

Great stuff Alex!!

Alex, I really enjoy your channel! Thank you for all your hard work!

Most interesting story yet. Thanks Alex,i had no idea about this . Kedp 'em coming.

Diesel submarines stopped surfacing to recharge batteries during WWII. Snorkeling or “snorting” is now accomplished while shallow at periscope or snorkel depth. The most modern submarines can even recharge batteries while entirely submerged while using a variety or emerging technology lumped under the title or AIP.

What a deal...We thank you Alex🇺🇸

6:40 when he said "med-el-lin cartel" he's talking about the Medellin cartel😂 Pronounced 'med-eh-ying' In case anybody else was like "what the f*** is he talking about"😂😂

@Laotzu.Goldbug

2 ай бұрын

"Med-eye-een"

It's not like there's a shortage of ex-submarine sailors out there from whatever flag willing to crew these things for a handsome fee.

Man your intros get me so pumped!

I saw a report on a refurbed aircraft carrier Russia sold to India. It took 10 years, it cost triple the original price quoted, and never worked properly.

That was fascinating. Thanks.

This could have been the plot for "Lord of War" or a sequel movie or spin-off TV/streaming series.

I have to think buying a Russian sub to smuggle drugs to the US might have not have been the best idea anyway. We know what those subs sound like and bringing one into US waters would have probably gone really badly for them.

Just for your information, Medellin is pronounced "meh-de-jeen" but most Americans would say it "meh-de-yeen"

@Ottee2

2 ай бұрын

Just watched a KZread video on how to pronounce the double LL. It is pronounced differently, depending on the region where you live.

@benbowland

2 ай бұрын

Mexicans would also say me-de-yeen. Depends on the country. Sometimes Ll is Y and sometimes it's J. My spanish teacher always made fun of Argentinians for saying "Me Jamo"

@NonEuclideanTacoCannon

2 ай бұрын

What do you mean by meh-deh-jeen? What J sound? Like meh-deh-zheen or meh-deh-dzheen?

@benbowland

2 ай бұрын

@@NonEuclideanTacoCannon Zheen, not Dzheen

@thelastlatchkeykid8466

2 ай бұрын

Came here just for this. Is Alex using an AI speech generator for his own voice 😅? Just growing up in the U.S. in the 80s-2000 and occasionally watching news, one would hear the word “Medellín” pronounced in one of these two ways more often than how Alex said it. Not to mention all of the Pablo docs, shows, and films.

The 80's were a magical time. 😉

@matsv201

2 ай бұрын

Ussr collapesed in 1991.. so most of this stuff happened in the 90s

Lol that 2005 war games scenario is basically the movie Down Periscope!

Crazy Ivan! Semper Fi Jarhead

Another great story. Thanks

This was your most entertaining video ever. A crazy story makes for great video😅

Is there anything more terrifying than finding out you were on a Russian warship or submarine. The probability of a tragedy occurring increases exponentially. Missles or no missles? Lol

Alex, brother... WOW! I mean, you yourself said "I come with context", but this was just next level on that front. I mean, starting with *the cold war* and mentioning the space race... all before legit tying it into an attempted Russian submarine sale in the 90s... And WOW! What a trip! Of course, the story is awesome, but I wouldn't expect anything else from you. Keep up the good work. And I look forward to more Sea Power eps!

Where do I sign up for the next one?

As you related this story, all I could hear in my head was the music from Miami Vice playing along!

I knew Tarzan, he was a tech client.😅

Kool segment...

Just gotta say, i love seeing Seapower in the lineup!! More Navy stuff, please!

Wow... what a fascinating story!!

Love you videos, keep up the good work!

YEAH!!!!! I've been begging for a Seapower channel!!!!!!!

Why beep the word "cocaine"? It is not a secret. I lived in Fort Lauderdale back them and cocaine was everywhere including the occasional beach wash up, though marijuana wash up were more frequent.

@HubertofLiege

2 ай бұрын

“Hunter Biden”

Listening to this, I couldn’t help thinking of the 1966 Batman movie…the scene when Batman discovers from Admiral Fangschleister that the Navy recently sold a surplus pre-atomic sub to a Mr P.N.Guin!

Wow that's crazy

Mind-boggling.

Seapower!

“two hundred dollars…and…that was ENOUGH. (Lowkey abject incredulity)” Love it.

The ship at 10:22… HMAS Torrens, one of five River class ASW DEs the Royal Australian Navy operated during my service. There had been six but one had been paid off before I joined up. There were also three DDGs, four FFGs and six Oberon class subs. I did a two ship deployment to SE Asia with Torrens in’89-‘90. In Hong Kong we had a big Christmas Day party and booze up on our uppers(most definitely a wet ship!) with American sailors watching from the other side of the pier. There may have been some “state sanctioned” piss-taking, Maybe not. The Captain and XO were watching though and said nothing when three of us(including “Captain for the day”- the youngest of the ship’s company would traditionally be dressed as a Captain) went over there and went onboard “just slightly” inebriated” to wish them a merry Christmas. I saw in new years in Hong Kong together with a few blokes I’d either trained with or served with from Torrens and I’ve been onboard in Hong Kong(Torrens was from Fleet Base East, we were from Fleet Base West, so we only rendezvoued up top). My cousin was a submariner who was on the guzunder which fired the Mk48 in that sinkex which was carried out by a Collins class. What can I say? Our navy is small… but growing these days! Sorry, I’ll stop rambling now…🤣

✊🏻 Sea power!!!!! 😂😂 nice one, Alex.

12:30 I guess the secret's out.

FASCINATING STORY!

The Idea that they offered him a Nuke is actually a bit terrifying considering the sheer amount of weapons the soviets had when the union collapsed, and lthe level of corruption that still exists there.

This is Crazy

10:31 you left one c word in.

4:28 Tons of what, Devil Dog? 🤣

Pretty sure the Swedish sub had some Sterling engines. Diesel probably heated a reservoir before the games started then shut it off and ran the sterling. Can't rightly remember since it was at least 2 years ago, maybe 4.

To be fair, the Swedish submarine in question (Gotland class) has Air Independent Propulsion, which is a highly-efficient Stirling engine, running on diesel fuel and cryogenic liquid oxygen. It's able to stay submerged, and haul a**, for over a week at a time. Most diesel-electric subs have limited battery capacity; they can stay submerged for a while but they can't go very fast while doing so.

"Seapower" title grabbed my heart

love your videos but after that pronunciation of "Medellín", I'm prescribing watching the first 2 seasons of Narcos. Strong "i"!!

The deferred maintenance on those Foxtrots is staggering. Better have a dealer check it.

Liking that Sea Power! Semper Fi.

I thought the swedish sub that sank our air carrier in war games was a liquid oxygen sterling engine.

The best stories are told by life.

Good one Alrx

War on drugs is crazy.

I remember this story. That dude Tarzan is a character

Can we just talk about how sexy that intro drop was after he says “it’s about time for some SeaPower”

Strange image at 09:43. A Walrus class sub with names of Saab en Damen. Walrus class was built by RDM while Saab Damen is in the running for building successor. Damen today won contract for 4 new frigats (air defense en command). Its not very probable they will win the contract for the new subs FYI

@LeonAust

2 ай бұрын

It was an example of Diesel subs not the individual class.

"Pretended to be Pablo Escobar" largest balls ever right there. didnt even have a mustache lol

I double check your pronunciation of those cartels ;)

You are wrong on diesel sub operations but it is entertaining.

Maybe it's a good topic to discuss, that Swedish submarine story would be great

Those rusty old Foxtrots were so noisy all you had to do was open the main cabin door and just listen for it. Saves buoys.

10:31 missed your **bleep** on this one

What I think is pretty disturbing are those fucking beeps. Sandboxx I LOVE you but that got me twice in a row. Thought we had a nuclear alert or something.

There was no such phone in 1980!!

This should be a movie

What a bonkers story!

The Hunt for Red October meets Clear and Present Danger. Clancy would have gotten a kick out of that.

Why the heck is there a >Bleep< when you say what they were smuggling?

In the first minute you show us the coast guard running on the sub, but the navy expects us to believe 2 seals “missed” the ladder.

@evananderson1455

2 ай бұрын

And couldn't be found, despite being on a mission where that type of thing is definitely planned for, just in case. Aint plausible deniability fun?

Lol i remember Porky's, it was around when i was a kid in Miami in the 80s.

Seapower, oh yeah! (Airpower still rocks at the top of the pyramid, of course!)

Medellín , med'ah'yeen

Does honesty even stand a chance.

Seapower? Great, thanks, now there's seamen all over my screen.

Imagine what headaches law enforcement would have had if the drug cartels had gotten at least two of those submarines?

It's pretty disturbing that mental health initiatives in the military are being politicized. The mental strength of servicemembers, worked on by the best military psychologists in the world, is probably the US military's greatest asset.

@sandwich5344

2 ай бұрын

i think the issue is not with the initiatives, it's with the reason why these initiatives are becomming more and more important. It's kind of a "chicken and the egg" thing. You see similar situations in the civilian space like education.

@jack37133

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@sandwich5344out of curiosity what is the reason?

@tenchraven

2 ай бұрын

Relevancy is what?

@hydrolifetech7911

2 ай бұрын

​@@jack37133it's the traitorous MAGA faction putting their interest in getting the Orange Clown Dump into the Oval Office before national security. They have done the same with military promotions as they have been blocking it last time I checked(about a month ago)! It's despicable! Reagan did the same telling Iranians not to release American hostages before the elections in exchange for better negotiation terms when he wins just so that he can defeat Carter. Republicans have been like that

@sandwich5344

2 ай бұрын

@@jack37133 well i'm not a psychiatrist - but if you look at the decline of our society, when parents have no time to spend with their children. Often resulting in very poor development as we are giving them mobile devices just so they'll shut up - as overworked mom and dad are too busy working overtime to keep the family afloat... Then you create alot of potential for mental health decline nation wide. And i think we're starting to see that, both trough the enabling factor of technology these days. But also due to the poor insight of parenting these days combined with longer work weeks and increasing inflation. I sound like a broken record, but this really seems to be going downhill in the last 30+ years

Hello Alex. I like Your videos and the information You have, concerning the Air Force and other topics. But, the Swedish submarine You refer to as "diesel-electric", is wrong. That is not a diesel-electric, there is no diesel engine in the sub, for propulsion. But a Stirling engine for charging the batteries. That, is almost as quiet as something mechanical can be. (It work with warm-cold gas principle.) Check that out. They "played" with US Marine, and is, as far as I know, the only "hostile" vessel, ever "sunk" a American aircraft carrier. Correct me, if I am wrong. from a Finn in Diaspora

@LeonAust

2 ай бұрын

Your wrong! it is a diesel sub, it carries two diesel engines of (1,300 bhp (970 kW) each), two Stirling engines of (75 kW (101 hp) each), and one electric motor (1,800 shp (1,300 kW)), to one shaft. The Stirling engine is tiny and only used to extend under water capability then main charging is done from the diesel's. Aussie Collins class subs in war games claimed an aircraft carrier a decade before. From these exercises a much improved ASW protection exists today. Note : That video of that frigate splitting in halve was from a Collins class Mk48 torpedo, torpedo's are vastly deadly weapons compared to anti ship missiles.

@outsider7658

2 ай бұрын

Hello and thank You for the answer, but: Please, exclude the torpedoes, I don´t care/did not, mention them. And You are right, there are two diesel engines onboard, but these are only able to operate, when the sub is surfaced. That, was my point. The Stirling engines prolong the dive time to several weeks. (Take a look at Wikipedia.) As I mentioned and was my point is: The sub is extremely quiet, is able to stay submerged far longer than "normal" diesel subs. This one is even more quiet, than a nuclear sub, and thus, was capable to take a picture/"sink" a carrier in that, please note: game.@@LeonAust

@LeonAust

2 ай бұрын

Dude reread your Alex reply you stated "propulsion" not under propulsion.@@outsider7658