Real " SUB-SMASH "

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> On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:04:45 EDT [hidden email] writes:
> >Look at this article.
> >Hopes Sink For Russian Sub=20
> 'Kursk' May Be Too Far Down In Barents Sea For Rescue=20
> >Expert Says Russians Ill-Equipped For Saving Crew=20
> >No Firm Word On Crew; Navy Says No Weapons On Board=20
> >MOSCOW, August 14, 2000
>
> Not to sound disrepectful to the possible reality of this
> event but the movie Red October comes to mind ....
> A deception of a sinking maybe?
>
> However, too bad they junked the huge submarine
> rescue ship built by Howard Hughes...
>
> Tiger

>
> Here is a short article on what we could use.
> U.S. Has Deep Water Submersible for Rescues
> Reuters
>
> WASHINGTON (Aug. 14) - The United States, which has offered to help Russia
> try to rescue over 100 sailors from a disabled submarine, would in similar
> situations probably use a special craft to take the crew off the seabed, U.S.
> defense officials said Monday.
>
> Moscow has not accepted Washington's offer of assistance in dealing with the
> submarine Kursk, which is at the bottom of the Barents Sea inside the Arctic
> Circle.
>
> The United States has two Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRVs), the
> Avalon and the Mystic, that can conduct rescue operations in depths of up to
> 2,000 feet.
>
> The Avalon is operable, while the Mystic is being recertified after
> maintenance, a Navy spokeswoman said. Both were launched in the 1970s, but
> neither has carried out a rescue operation.
>
> The optimum condition for a DSRV rescue would be for the submarine to be
> resting upright or to be tilted no more than 45 degrees to one side.
>
> The rescue craft, which looks like a miniature submarine, would latch onto
> the disabled vessel's hatch, and crew members could transfer, with up to 24
> being transported in one trip.
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> Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, a Pentagon spokesman, said, ``We would offer help of
> whatever (kind) the Russians would find helpful.''
>
> At the Russian sub's reported depth, sending the crew out through torpedo
> hatches is probably not possible because of the water pressure, Quigley said.
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> U.S. defense officials said the U.S. submarine rescue vehicle was probably
> compatible with the Russian sub.
>
> The Russian sailors probably have battery-powered electricity and the means
> of replenishing oxygen for a certain amount of time, a retired naval officer
> involved with the U.S. submarine rescue program told a media briefing.
>
> The Russian sub is probably running air conditioning from batteries power,
> the officer said on condition of anonymity, but he added that he did not know
> how long power would last.
>
> Pretty eerie how this disaster resembles Subsmash. Although I rather doubt
> they had a superior officer aboard who joined the mission deliberately to
> challenge his own claustrophobia.
> I agree with Keith, I saw that interview with Pres. Carter, and as an old
> Navy man he knows the situation. But I am beginning to wonder why the
> Russians so far are refusing our assistance/not requesting it.