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...Hopeful as the initial signs may be, however, don?t look for the Yerkes vaccine to hit the U.S. anytime soon. The first place the vaccine would likely be used in a human form is in very high-risk areas like sub-Saharan Africa, where the infection rate has skyrocketed, immune systems are profoundly weakened, and any drug capable of depressing AIDS?s virulence could save millions of lives...
...INSERTING PLUGS Specially designed plugs will be lowered from the barge and inserted into each hole in the sub. The plugs work like giant toggle bolts, expanding once they have passed through the holes in the hull. Each plug has been shaped for its specific spot along the sub...
...FREEING THE SUB The sub has sunk 3 ft. to 6 ft. into the silty bottom. Salvagers intend to lift the tail of the sub first in hopes of breaking the suction...
...GETTING INTO DRY DOCK Once the Kursk is held fast to the Giant 4, a tugboat will begin the long pull to dry dock in Roslyakovo, Russia. There, two additional water-filled pontoons will be attached alongside the barge and sub...
...water is pumped out of the pontoons, the ships should rise high enough in the water to fit into the dry dock. Tugboats will guide the unwieldy craft into place. In the dock, the cables to the Kursk will be lowered, the plugs removed and the sub released Tugboats will then pull the Giant 4 and the pontoons out of the dry dock. The dock holding the sub will then be raised from the water...