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Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Vehicle Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, in San Diego, make preparations to load "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft Aug. 5. The Navy transported two of the remotely operated vehicles to assist the rescue of seven Russian sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Steven Cooke, USN

Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Vehicle Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, in San Diego, make preparations to load "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft Aug. 5. The Navy transported two of the remotely operated vehicles to assist the rescue of seven Russian sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Steven Cooke, USN

Sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Vehicle Detachment, located at Naval Air Station North Island, in San Diego, make preparations to load "Super Scorpio," a robotic rescue vehicle aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft Aug. 5. The Navy transported two of the remotely operated vehicles to assist the rescue of seven Russian sailors trapped on the ocean floor in a mini-submarine off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Steven Cooke, USN

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