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The wishes of the company were fulfilled. At a price of about USD 4 million for a submersible with a maximum diving depth of 1,000 meters, it goes without saying that the clients’ expectations are very high. “But our customers never actually ask about the price of a submersible,” says Michael Haley, Director Sales and Marketing at Triton Submarines LLC. “They just want to know what extras there are and whether the submersible will fit on their superyacht tender.” here

[jnishioka11]

Triton Submarines LLC builds luxury submersibles for people and institutes with the corresponding seven-figure budgets. Accordingly, Triton’s customers are placing very high demands on quality and punctuality. In addition, the submersibles need to be capable of withstanding deep-sea dives – requirements that prompted Patrick Lahey, President of Triton Submarines LLC, to turn to Röhm and the PLEXIGLAS® processor Heinz Fritz GmbH in Herbrechtingen, Baden-Württemberg.

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That’s why Triton is in contact with the shipyards where superyachts are built, so that either a garage for the submersible is included right from the start or the submersible is offered alongside as special equipment. This may sound very expensive, but Triton’s response to this is astounding. They say that a space flight would swallow up millions of dollars just for one single trip, whereas owners of a submersible could dive into the deep sea again and again – and 95 percent remains unchartered territory.

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“These two companies saved us,” says Lahey frankly. “We needed perfect spheres and reliable service, otherwise we might have had to close down.” The ‘spheres’ are the crystal clear, round diving domes that are the typical feature of Triton submersibles.

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President of Triton Submarines LLC more

[saullysaul78]

Florida's Triton has been making high-end civilian submarines for more than a decade now, dividing its sales between scientific explorers, commercial and cinematography clients, and ultra-rich superyacht owners looking to spruce up their wet garages with something more interesting than a jet ski.

[MoneyTree]

The thick acrylic sphere becomes completely transparent underwater, with no optical distortion, and will give pilots and passengers unprecedented views of water as deep as 13,000 ft

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In the past, Triton has made these spheres by casting two separate acrylic half-domes of Plexiglass and sticking them together with an invisible adhesive, but in recent years as the company's ambitions have expanded, it's been creating them from a single slab that's heated and then formed into shape.

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“What goes through the mind of a sub pilot?
“I can only speak of what I think about, but I am sure that other pilots have the same thoughts.
“Driving the sub is easy and very intuitive but there is a lot on the mind of the pilot. The system information given to the pilot is clear and easy to understand. The waterproof, wi-fi, wireless tablet is monitoring and recording the sub systems and will alert the pilot if something needs attention. The pilot has the best seat in the sub and has a huge range of unblocked vision and comfort. Most systems have a backup and some have a backup to the backup.
“This is what I am thinking in the sub:”, which is followed by more than 25 questions he asks himself, such as Is there a current? and Am I close enough to the wall? more

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When he came back to yachting about four years ago, he helped a broker and took a temporary assignment as chief engineer on M/V Axis, the 182-foot Damen support vessel to M/Y Gigi, a 164-foot (50m) Westport. here

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Capt. Les Annan inside the sub. Triton file photo more

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He has noted that exploration of the deep ocean is all being done by private funding. And the government-created charts aren’t accurate.

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The photo was taken in 2015 and shows Farkhunda Malikzada, who was killed by a mob. more

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An Aug. 19 image on Instagram claims to show Ferozi, Afghanistan’s second-ever female air force pilot, with a bloodied face surrounded by people. “Safiya Firozi (sic) one of the four lady pilots of the Afghan Air Force. Stoned to death in public this morning,” text in the image reads. here

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The Taliban quickly took control of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15 after the U.S. started withdrawing troops from the country, the Associated Press reported. In an Aug. 23 press conference, the Taliban announced it would uphold women’s rights under Islamic law, though White House officials are skeptical, according to USA Today. more

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Graphic video footage of the Malikzada’s murder was posted in December 2015 by The New York Times. “Farkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old Muslim woman falsely accused of burning a Quran, was killed by a mob in central Kabul as hundreds watched and filmed,” reads the video’s caption.