EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIn 2025, U.S. policy and operations shifted in troubling ways: a string of kinetic strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels replaced, in several reported cases, the longstanding law-enforcement approach led by the U.S. Coast Guard. The public record and investigative reporting indicate precision missiles (reported to be Hellfire or similar) were used in some strikes;Continue reading “ISSUE #16: Sea of Consequences — The Cost, Law, and Morality of Striking Suspected Narco-Boats”
