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atp-57(b)THE NATO SUBMARINE SAR Manual March 2009

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

Air-sea rescue (ASR or A/SR, also known as sea-air rescue or SAR is the coordinated search and rescue of the survivors of emergency water landings as well as people who have survived the loss of their sea-going vessel. ASR can involve a wide variety of resources including seaplanes, helicopters, submarines, rescue boats and ships. Specialized equipment and techniques have been developed. Military and civilian units can perform air-sea rescue...

0001 Purpose
The purpose of the Submarine Search and Rescue Manual (ATP-57) is to provide guidance,
instructions, information and procedures governing the different phases of a SUBSAR Operation and the command, control and manoeuvring of units during their mobilization to the scene of action, throughout the Escape, Intervention and Rescue stages.

0002 Scope
This manual deals with information related to Submarine Escape and Rescue (SMER) and
addresses the techniques and procedures for SUBSAR Operations, on which further expansion of the
doctrine may be based. It also provides specialized information needed by authorities engaged in saving lives at sea from a Distressed Submarine (DISSUB)...

Published to the general public by NATO
March 2009

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