/sci/ - Science & Math

Weird-ass question hear, but will "narco-sats" ever be a thing in the future when reusable launch hardware drives down payload cost enough?

Essentially the Colombian drug cartels funding and building their own spy satellites to track law enforcement movements. They would use dummy engineering companies to pose as innocuous launch customers, though this wouldn't fool American launch providers they can probably trick Russia or China to launch their payloads.

They already have their own tanks and submarines, so this wouldn't be that much of a stretch. Law enforcement is already fighting a loosing battle against them. This is where the Space Force would actually be useful.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco-submarine
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narco_tank