[PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Russian Sub Sunk

[Michael B Holt <michaelbholt@juno.com>]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:49:18 -0700 (PDT) S W writes:
>--I can't believe no one is discussing the Russian
>submarine that is sitting on the bottom of the Barents
>Sea! There are 116 Russians beneath 354 feet of water,
>who is gonna go get them? Come on fellas! Nice of the
>Russians to refuse help from the US and Britain until
>the situation is "very grave" for survivors. Any opinions?

Yeah.  This is very Russian.  Remember that they didn't
tell anyone about Chernobyl for several days, either.  
I think they like to run around in circles and hope to
fix it all without help, and then they finally realize the
problem is too complicated for them.   

My impression was that the US DSRV would have
no problem with 116 guys at 354 feet.  It would be
five trips, and the whole rescue would be done
in a half a day.

Oh, well.

Hey, if a psub gets stuck on the bottom, what
resources exist to help?   Psubs don't have
the expanse of deck for a DSRV to land on,
and no escape trunks.

I just got a request from Australia, asking for jokes
about the accident.   The same guy sent me a 
nice string of totally tasteless Concorde-crash
jokes.  I'll have to work on that.

For news of the Russian fleet, have a look at the
Bellona Foundation website.



Mike
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