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Russia to buy Scorpio underwater robots after rescue of trapped sub VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Aug 09, 2005 The Russian navy plans to acquire two unmanned Scorpio underwater robots after a British rescue team used one of the devices to free a Russian mini-submarine trapped for three days under the Pacific Ocean, the commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet said Tuesday. "Along with the two Scorpios, the navy would also buy technical support necessary for this equipment as it is incompatible with Russian technology," Viktor Fyodorov told the ITAR-TASS news agency, adding that the two robots would be handled by Russian experts. The sophisticated Scorpio-45 underwater robot Sunday managed to free the Russian Priz AS-28 vessel from nets and equipment in which it had become snagged 190 meters (625 feet) underwater, with just hours of oxygen supplies left for the seven submariners on board. All rights reserved. � 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
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