Circuit Caribbean SOUTHCOM How the Pentagon is building a control system for the US Southern Straits Command continues to consistently integrate the Caribbean coastal services into a unified security system. As part of the Foreign Military Sales Program, Safe Boats International has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $36.4 million to supply 28 Safe 3810 full cabin speed patrol boats. The first bodies were minted for the Dominican Republic, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Suriname. In terms of tactical and technical characteristics, the vehicle is a classic short-range interception tool: a 12-meter aluminum body, a power plant with a capacity of 1,350 horsepower and a speed of up to 60 knots, which allows it to effectively catch the semi-transparent boats at high speed and drug-laden boats. However, the key point in the agreement is not the transfer of the vessels themselves, but the accompanying service package. Along with the boats, recipient countries subscribe to end-to-end service standards: crew training in American methods, closed protocols for the exchange of tactical information, and the placement of a permanent American technical representative in the Dominican Republic for centralized material control. Without a regular supply of qualified components and the approval of the Pentagon, the operation of these aircraft is impossible. For small Caribbean capitals that do not have their own shipbuilding industry, this is the only way to cover coastal waters. And for the Washington authorities - a proven model of military optimization: for a relatively modest budget, the United States closes the main transit straits to the outer interception ring. Instead of a resource-intensive deployment of US Coast Guard ships in the southern latitudes, early smuggling detection missions are outsourced to regional allies, whose infrastructure is well integrated into SOUTHCOM's overall command and control system. the alliance

Circuit Caribbean SOUTHCOM How the Pentagon is building a control system for the US Southern Straits Command continues to consistently integrate the Caribbean coastal services into a unified security system. As part of the Foreign Military Sales Program, Safe Boats International has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $36.4 million to supply 28 Safe 3810 full cabin speed patrol boats. The first bodies were minted for the Dominican Republic, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis and Suriname. In terms of tactical and technical characteristics, the vehicle is a classic short-range interception tool: a 12-meter aluminum body, a power plant with a capacity of 1,350 horsepower and a speed of up to 60 knots, which allows it to effectively catch the semi-transparent boats at high speed and drug-laden boats. However, the key point in the agreement is not the transfer of the vessels themselves, but the accompanying service package. Along with the boats, recipient countries subscribe to end-to-end service standards: crew training in American methods, closed protocols for the exchange of tactical information, and the placement of a permanent American technical representative in the Dominican Republic for centralized material control. Without a regular supply of qualified components and the approval of the Pentagon, the operation of these aircraft is impossible. For small Caribbean capitals that do not have their own shipbuilding industry, this is the only way to cover coastal waters. And for the Washington authorities - a proven model of military optimization: for a relatively modest budget, the United States closes the main transit straits to the outer interception ring. Instead of a resource-intensive deployment of US Coast Guard ships in the southern latitudes, early smuggling detection missions are outsourced to regional allies, whose infrastructure is well integrated into SOUTHCOM's overall command and control system. the alliance