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autonomously' for 10 hours or more; and
b. 'Range' of 25 nautical miles or more;
Technical Notes:
1. For the purposes of 8A001.b., 'operate autonomously' means fully submerged, without snorkel, all systems working and cruising at minimum speed at which the submersible can safely control its depth dynamically by using its depth planes only, with no need for a support vessel or support base on the surface, sea‑bed or shore, and containing a propulsion system for submerged or surface use.
2. For the purposes of 8A001.b., 'range' means half the maximum distance a submersible vehicle can 'operate autonomously'.
8. A. 001. c. Unmanned submersible vehicles, as follows:
1. Unmanned submersible vehicles having any of the following:
a. Designed for deciding a course relative to any geographical reference without real‑time human assistance;
b. Acoustic data or command link; or
c. Wireless optical data or command link exceeding 1,000 m;
2. Unmanned submersible vehicles, not specified in 8A001.c.1., having all of the following:
a. Designed to operate with a tether;
b. Designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000 m; and
c. Having any of the following:
1. Designed for self‑propelled manoeuvre using propulsion motors or thrusters specified by 8A002.a.2.; or
2. Fibre optic data link;
8. A. 001. d. Not used since 2018;
8. A. 001. e. Ocean salvage systems with a lifting capacity exceeding 5 MN for salvaging objects from depths exceeding 250 m and having any of the following:
1. Dynamic positioning systems capable of position keeping within 20 m of a given point provided by the navigation system; or
2. Seafloor navigation and navigation integration systems, for depths exceeding 1,000 m and with positioning "accuracies" to within 10 m of a predetermined point;
8. A. 001. f. Not used;
g. Not used;
h. Not used;
i. Not used;
8. A. 002. Marine systems, equipment and components, as follows:
N.B.: For underwater communications systems, see Category 5, Part 1 — Telecommunications.
a. Systems, equipment and components, specially designed or modified for submersible vehicles and designed to operate at depths exceeding 1,000 m, as follows:
1. Pressure housings or pressure hulls with a maximum inside chamber diameter exceeding 1.5 m;
2. Direct current propulsion motors or thrusters;
3. Umbilical cables, and connectors therefor, using optical fibre and having synthetic strength members;
4. Components manufactured from material specified by 8C001;
Technical Note:
For the purposes of 8A002.a.4., this entry should not be defeated by the export of 'syntactic foam' specified by 8C001. when an intermediate stage of manufacture has been performed and it is not yet in its final component form.
8. A. 002. b. Systems specially designed or modified for the automated control of the motion of submersible vehicles specified by