It is the first reported discovery in South American waters of an unmanned semisubmersible vessel, Colombia's navy said.

It was the first known discovery of a narco sub operated by Starlink. Floating "coffins" Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the U.N. drug agency said last month.

BOGOTÁ — The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned narco-submarine equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean ... discovery in South American waters of a drone ...

The Colombian navy has intercepted its first autonomous drone "narco" submarine, fitted out with a Starlink antenna, after ...

Starlink-powered drone narco-sub intercepted by Colombian Navy — boat was converted into a drone for uncrewed smuggling. Jowi Morales. Sat, July 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM UTC. 2 min read.

Ukraine relies on Starlink for its drone war. Russia appears to be bypassing sanctions to use the devices too By Nick Paton Walsh, Alex Marquardt, Florence Davey-Attlee and Kosta Gak, CNN ...

A drone is seen in the sky seconds before it attacked buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 17, 2022. Russia has installed Starlink terminals in its Iranian-designed Shahed drones, according to a ...

In this May 23, 2019, file photo, a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, with a payload of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida’s Cape ...

The Starlink app that is used to help set up the service "reached a total of 98,000 installs across Ukraine's App Store and Google Play combined," The Wall Street Journal wrote last week.

Musk made somewhat contradictory remarks during his appearance on a Russian state TV show last month, saying that his company banned Starlink from being used in long-range drone strikes by Ukrainian ...

Starlink allows the drone to "seamlessly transmit data, receive commands, and relay vital information in real-time, regardless of its location on the battlefield." ...

SpaceX took steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using Starlink satellite Internet with drones because the service was never intended to be "weaponized," SpaceX President and COO Gwynne ...