A new exercise of the Spanish army has put the soldiers of the Navy to the limit. The assumption: The disappearance of a Spanish submarine S-8. With the uncertainty about the whereabouts of the crew, the army began an anguishing counterreloj career, mobilizing naval, aerial and terrestrial media. Finally, the ship was located at the bottom of the sea.
According to the medium, the submarine in question is one of the most advanced in the Spanish Navy, and, therefore, there is a rigid protocol that must be followed. “If the ship stays at the bottom of the sea, it has certain SOS systems to help its location”. For the crew, “there is an intermediate zone called cofferdamwith rescue and rescue elements such as food, water and special costumes to try to get the time. “
According to the disseminated information, the incident “activates all alarms: underwater search, mobilization of air and naval units, medical assistance, psychological care for families and media pressure management.” However, The greatest enemy is time.
This activity is part of the Carthage 25an exercise of communication of crisis and underwater rescue organized by the Spanish Navy and the Catholic University of Murcia. “It seeks to prepare civil and military professionals before the worst possible scenarios: the loss of a submarine and collective anguish that would trigger. ”
A statement from the Ministry of Defense and collected by the middle, underlines how the role of logistics and coordination of aerial, naval, military and civil media is essential in this type of rescue operations so complex, “where time plays against it.”
“For your endowments to maintain a high level of training This rescue exercise is carried out annually of an alleged submarine of the modern series S-80 “, concludes the publication. In addition, Drones and high -tech media are increasingly presence.
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