The Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation last week posted images of the Pacific fleet submarine rescue unit at work.
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As noted by my friend HI Sutton over at Covert Shores, “They show a Project 18270 BESTER rescue submersible (DSRV – Deep Sea Rescue Vehicle) deploying from the rescue ship Igor Belousov. Also shown is a British-built Saab SeaEye Tiger ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle). The same ship and BESTER DSRV AC-40 was tested in the Baltic in 2015.”
The Russians have two Besters, Northern Fleet based AC-38 and AC-40, and the 40-foot/39-ton rescue subs have a limited endurance and can pick up 16-18 submariners on each trip. They are not built for combat, and are capable of poking around at just 3 knots– but they can ascend/descend at about 60 feet per second once they get going.
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