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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Russian Submersible
THEY MADE IT!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/international/europe/07russia.html?hp&ex=1123473600&en=38b7d3298cdb4c66&ei=5094&partner=homepage
MOSCOW, Sunday, Aug. 7 - A small Russian submarine was freed on Sunday
from its undersea entanglement off the Far East coast by an unmanned
British rescue vehicle that cut away the nets that had ensnared it.
All seven crew members were alive and rushed aboard a Russian surface
vessel, where they were being reviewed by a medical team, Russian news
agencies and the United States Navy said.
On 8/6/05, Bob Duncan <katsurencho@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The news media gets confused often, i've experienced that personaly. It may
> or may not be that the government is trying to hide something.
>
>
>
> solomon D <solomondees@yahoo.com> wrote:
> The media has changed the story from fishing net to
> underwater antanne. I have never heard on an
> underwater antanne before?? I think they are not
> telling the whole truth on this one as usual. I
> noticed that the article also mentioned that russia is
> supposed to take part in a major military exercise
> with china soon. Something about settling a conflict
> in a foreign land. Am I the only one a little
> unsettled by that thought?
>
> --- Cliff McDonald wrote:
>
> > Boy, it sure makes you think, doesn't it? I know
> > I'm not totally informed
> > about what's "really" happening but if it's just a
> > fishing net I don't see
> > why they can't just throw a bunch of steel-cabled
> > grappling hooks down there
> > and rip it to pieces. They could possibly bring the
> > sub up in it if it's
> > rea! lly a tangled mess. What if it's actually a ASW
>
> > net, though. That would
> > be heavy steel and probably installed solid enough
> > to hold a full size nuke
> > sub if entrapped.
> >
> > Made me wonder if anyone has thought about putting
> > an emergency valve on the
> > outside of their sub that surface air could be
> > connected to in case of
> > emergency? It could be made in such a way that
> > several different
> > connections would be possible (SAE, Metric, etc.).
> > Could even be connected
> > to some unwindable hose to get it closer to the
> > surface. If air could be
> > supplied by a surface compressor it could certainly
> > extend the time rescuers
> > may need to figure out how to raise a sub or at
> > least untangle it.
> >
> > I just t/w my son who is a commercial diver and he
> > says the outer limit for
> > saturation diving is right around 600 feet. In
> > fact,! he only knows one or
> > two divers who have been past 500. It's really hard
> > on the body and not all
> > commercial divers can do it. Generally, if deeper
> > than 350 feet for any
> > amount of time anymore they switch to 1atm. WASP or
> > NUTE (sp?) suits. Its
> > those hard robot looking suits with claws for hands.
> > He was just on a job
> > where they were doing 1,000fsw "pops" (as he called
> > it)in 1atm hardsuits.
> > If more dexterity is required, they lower a diver in
> > a bell for the job and
> > then he has to go into a special diving habitat for
> > a few days to
> > decompress. Miserable work, at best.
> >
> > All we can do now is pray.
> > Best Regards,
> > Cliff
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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