Cos.Mo.S

[4] In the 1950s and 1960s there was a shift to longer range special operations missions enabled by running swimmer delivery vehicles on the surface for most of the journey.

In secret Cos.Mo.S began developing a submersible boat called Nessie (after the Loch Ness Monster), probably based on requirement issued by the Italian Navy.

[6] From 1983 to 1985, the company was again awarded federal contract by Pakistani administration and designed the Cosmos-class submarine, later built by KS&EW shipyard in Karachi.

In the late 1990s Cardoen began negotiating the sale of submarines to Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq.

An international arrest warrant was issued for Carlos Cardoen for his part in the Iraqi scandal but he was never brought to justice.