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Here’s how anti-submarine planes actually work

Spotter planes can no longer directly see enemy submarines. Today, their mission is overwhelmingly acoustic—listening to signals from submarines and narrowing down their likely position before taking ...
The Aviationist

Germany’s First P-8A Poseidon Lands in Berlin

The P-8A Poseidon offers greater capabilities over the P-3C Orion and will allow Germany to enhance interoperability with the U.K. and Norway for NATO missions. The first of Germany’s eight P-8A ...
Aviation Week

Is Saudi Arabia next for the Poseidon adventure?

Saudi Arabia could be in the market for the submarine-buster, the Boeing P-8 Poseidon. We look at what the Kingdom could get for its money. Boeing has orders for the P-8 Poseidon already ‘in the bag’ ...
The National Interest

Here’s How Anti-Submarine Planes Actually Work

Submarines are hard to find. They exploit ocean depth, acoustic complexity, and thermal layers to maintain low observability and high survivability. Diesel-electric submarines are especially quiet at ...