The word "submersible" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that is capable of being submerged or just something that has been submerged. For example: "The submarine had a submersible arm designed to pick up objects off the ocean floor."
New submersible cameras with micro lenses made it possible to film ocean life for the first time.
The Kremlin's suggestion that the hunted submersible might be Dutch is funnier, but also one of those lies that expresses utter contempt for its audience.
THE VOYAGE OF the tanker Vladimir Tikhonov last August was arguably a bigger event for the Arctic than the polar descent of the Mir submersible four years earlier.
(The Liaoning features in a special issue of four "Chinese dream" postage stamps issued in September; two others show Chinese spacecraft and one a deep-sea submersible).
It is hard to get equipment to the Caspian, let alone oil out: there are still only two submersible drilling rigs in the entire region.Related items Caspian pipedreams no longerMar 8th 2001 Kazakhstan: Priming the pumpMay 25th 2000In Soviet times, most of the oil went out via pipelines to the north and west, to heat the homes and feed the factories of eastern Europe.
Descending by Mir submersible to a depth of over 4km, a Russian-led expedition planted a titanium Russian flag beneath the North Pole (pictured).
Yet as commander-in-chief, he bears responsibility for the military shortcomings if, as some suspect, North Korea torpedoed the Cheonan from a semi-submersible vessel and got away with it.If that is indeed what happened, many will wonder what lies behind North Korea's aggression.
Mr Calderón has deployed 50,000 soldiers to fight the gangsters, whose inventories now include rocket-propelled grenades, helicopters and semi-submersible vessels.
For instance, the Pentagon wants a prototype "arsenal ship"—a semi-submersible, stealthy barge designed to carry hundreds of missiles; two of the three prime contractors competing to build this are Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman.For the market leaders, defence is not a bad business to be in.
Now it seems the traffickers have perfected the design and manufacture of semi-submersible craft (although they look like submarines, they don't fully submerge).
To assist him, he will be able to call on the services of Jiaolong, China's latest deep-submersible vehicle (pictured, planting a flag), which is designed to dive to a depth of 7km.
