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Mini-submarine AS-28 lifted to the surface at 07:26 a.m. (ALL 7 ALIVE )
Interfax ^
| August 7, 2005
Posted on 08/06/2005 8:38:49 PM PDT by george76
Mini-submarine AS-28 lifted to the surface at 07:26 a.m., Moscow time,with all seven crew members
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: rescue; submarine
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To: CyberAnt
I reckon we will sort it out tomorrow. Tonight, main thing is seven men saved- their families have their loved ones alive.
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posted on
08/06/2005 9:17:48 PM PDT
by
don-o
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To: Nexus6
"Here's to you, Mr. submarine recovery technician."
Oh gosh, you are making me want to sing!
82
posted on
08/06/2005 9:19:30 PM PDT
by
jocon307
To: george76
Free at last!
83
posted on
08/06/2005 9:19:53 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(T)
To: Jim_Curtis
Do we have this sub in US hands now? This should be a great catch! Uh, it is a bit more subtle than that. The Ruskies invited us in for a rescue in most sensitive waters - the bases of their Pacific fleet!
This seems hugh to me.
84
posted on
08/06/2005 9:21:13 PM PDT
by
don-o
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To: don-o
I agree .. I don't care who saved them - they're alive and their families are full of joy tonight.
85
posted on
08/06/2005 9:21:18 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(President Bush: "America is the greatest nation on the face of the earth")
To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
So much for the evil westerners coming to the rescue of fellow infidels.
86
posted on
08/06/2005 9:22:38 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Take authority that's ours)
To: don-o
Let's just hope and pray our seven astronauts make it home safe early monday morning.
87
posted on
08/06/2005 9:23:37 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: msnimje
To: llevrok
My thought exactly. Those Scorpions have still cameras, I hope. Next step - send in a couple of US attack subs to test how they're going to react to having their SOSUS line disrupted.
To: george76
I believe this may be the actual picture of the SUB from
"TASS."
90
posted on
08/06/2005 9:25:05 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
(In the shadow of The Big Chicken)
To: Enterprise
As a former submariner, I should let you know that submarine rescues are typically unfeasible. Military submarines are equipped with emergency egress hatches and submarine docking hatches that will almost never be usable. In order to use the emergency egress hatches, your submarine must bottom out in fairly shallow water at a fairly stable angle. Considering that the vast majority of the oceans are deeper than what a person can survive during ascent (not to mention deeper than crush depth) these hatches are put on to make the families and Congressmen feel that a submariner can survive an accident. In reality, chances are very high you will die at crush depth if you have a major submarine accident. Submarine docking hatches are a better bet but you still have to have a level surface and have the submarine be above crush depth. Look what happened to the Kursk. Above crush depth, yet a rescue sub couldn't dock.
Docking hatches and egress hatches aren't like ejector seats in airplanes that routinely save lives. If you look at equipped submarines since the beginning of WWII to today, you will see that they save lives only rarely (maybe 1 in 10 or so). As a former submariner I would rather have money spent on QA and materials for your submarine than the joke of submarine rescue technology. Don't assume that just because a submarine rescue worked today that the next submarine accident will even be remotely survivable. Submarine rescue technology is about as useful as an ejector seat on the space shuttle. While it could save lives very rarely, it would cost a fortune.
91
posted on
08/06/2005 9:25:21 PM PDT
by
burzum
To: byteback
"I bet the crew could use a shower."...as they sang, 'We all live in a Red... errrrr Yellow submarine!
92
posted on
08/06/2005 9:25:43 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Take authority that's ours)
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
- A video grab shows a Russian vessel involved in rescue work in the Pacific Ocean August 6, 2005. The Russian navy, backed by a British deep-sea rescue machine, struggled on Sunday to free a trapped mini-submarine from the Pacific depths and save its crew before their air supply ran out. REUTERS/RUSSIAN POOL via REUTERS TV
Reuters - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
93
posted on
08/06/2005 9:27:56 PM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
"The C-5 brought the Super Scorpio underwater robotic vehicle intended to help rescue the seven-man crew of a Russian mini-submarine trapped on the seabed off Kamchatka since Thursday. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)"I heard that the C-5 brought TWO Scorpio's. Nice photo, thanks.
94
posted on
08/06/2005 9:28:12 PM PDT
by
de Buillion
(Child sexual predators need killing, not GPS bracelets.)
To: george76
Wow! Just got home. Fantastic news!
To: byteback
I bet the crew could use a shower. A nice warm one. There were reports of chilly temperatures on the submarine and oxygen running out. And there is also the possibility of decompression sickness with an emergency blow -- but maybe the air pressue was quite constant even at 600+ feet of water.
96
posted on
08/06/2005 9:28:32 PM PDT
by
topher
(God bless our troops and protect them)
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
A Russian border guard officer watches as a US Air Force C-5 transport plane taxies to a stop at the airport in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia Interesting. Isn't this the airport where the MIGs that shotdown KAL 007 took off from?
97
posted on
08/06/2005 9:31:09 PM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(When a Jihadist dies, an angel gets its wings)
To: burzum
I love to see posts from Freepers who actually know what they are talking about.
Would you say that Kursk crew could not have been saved, even IF the Ruskies had let us try?
98
posted on
08/06/2005 9:31:46 PM PDT
by
don-o
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked
No. It was the Brits. US never got to the site.
99
posted on
08/06/2005 9:32:05 PM PDT
by
arjay
(Grow bold, not old.)
To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888
And who built the Scorpio that allowed the Brits to perform such a feat?
100
posted on
08/06/2005 9:32:17 PM PDT
by
Cacique
(quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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