Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Getting the ROV to the Russian submariners was a non-trivial evolution that had been PLANNED for in detail buy the combined submarine-operating services. They were lucky that only the minimal response had been required. Getting a DSRV onto the site would have taken a lot longer and would be much more difficult. And all of that is because the scenerio is one which can be planned for and which experts from the various nations meet together and talk about these things. Yes, even the Russians, finally. And the Chinese too. There was a lot of Navy response to the tsunami because there were vessels in the area due to the war on terrorism operations so there was an aircraft carrier that could operate off-shore. But the military doesn't routinely PLAN for these kinds of rescue evolution. It's not their primary mission. No one plans for things like this - the submergance of a city is not common. Could the EU do better if, say, Venice sank? I don't think so. It's frustrating to watch this and we all have movie-bred expectations of how quickly resources can be put on task. I don't know where those amphibious vehicles are kept, or if they are loaded onto ships, and how ready to steam the ships are - it just takes TIME. The Marine Corps vehicles might be on the Atlantic or down in Texas - or even on the west coast. it's not like they are staged, ready to roll. And the ships to carry them may have maintenance operations going on that need to be finished before they can set to sea. It's just a difficult problem and it's NOT that the military doesn't want to respond. Adam bridge On 8/31/05, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > I always find it absolutely sickening that the military forces around > the world , which have the most advanced rescue and recovery equipment, > are always the last to get to a disaster area. > If my country (the UK) can get an ROV to rescue a few Russian > submariners within 12 hours then how come other equipment can't be > deployed in a disaster area just as fast. > The Coast Guard / Lifeboat service / Helicopter Medics are always there > days before - This is not a US problem this is global,