Although there’s nothing official coming from either camps,
being the OEMs or any branch of the United States Armed Forces, we know that
the American military is 1) the most well-funded peace-keeping mechanism to
have ever existed on this spinning ball we call home and 2) is not against
using any form of technology that would provide them the best tactical upper
hand.
That being said, high speed insertion/extraction vehicles
have been in regular use for decades. According to a report on a special operations page, “One
example of these activities occurred during the early 80’s, when Maritime
Branch personnel trained Nicaraguan Contras to use of high speed boats for
attacks against Sandinista shipping. They also stood by to launch underwater
sabotage attacks against ships docked in Managua’s harbor. Another example
occurred in early 1991. This time Maritime Branch operators instructed US
military SOF in the use of modified jet skis for a possible hostage rescue
mission during Operation Desert Storm.”
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