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Meet the Navy's New $150M Submarine-Destroying Jet
Boeing's P-8 Poseidon plane may look a lot like the company's 737 but it's actually a highly advanced military aircraft that's equipped to hunt submarines. The U.S. Navy has just deployed several of the airplanes to Japan to increase U.S. military presence around the disputed Senkaku Islands, which Japan controls and China claims. It's the first ever deployment for the aircraft, which has been in development for nearly a decade. Here's a look at the game-changing… (www.businessweek.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Attack subs could do a better job than airborne anti-submarine warfare. And we already have them.
an enemy sub cant counter attack a plane.
Can anyone tell me why we need 117 of these unless we are giving them away??
I think to replace the 130 - 150 P-3 inventory, just guessing.
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Speaking as a old P-3C TACCO, it takes some time to track the submarine from initial detection to localization to a weapons fix, and since we're not actually ATTACKING the submarines, trying to continue to track a moving submarine 1,000 miles off the coast for a few days or weeks at a time. It takes 3 aircraft continuously in the air (one on station, one in transit out, one in transit back) and a couple of additional birds in maintenance, so call it five aircraft full time to track one submarine.
The Russians have MANY submarines, and the Chinese are building more. So are the Iranians. 117 P-8 airframes is about the ragged minimum to maintain even a cursory ASW coverage.
The Russians have MANY submarines, and the Chinese are building more. So are the Iranians. 117 P-8 airframes is about the ragged minimum to maintain even a cursory ASW coverage.
Sure....12 Active duty squadrons, 1 Fleet Replacement Squadron aka FRC, RAG, 2 Reserve Squadrons. Give VP-30 10 aircraft for training, split the rest up and you get 8 planes to each active duty, the rest to the 2 reserve squadrons. One might become the VIP bird for Commander Patrol Wings East or West
Please note that there used to be 12 P-3 squadrons - on EACH COAST. 6 squadrons in Brunswick, 6 in Jax, 7 at Moffett and 5 at Barbers Point. PLUS two training squadrons AND several reserve squadrons.
But Barbers Point, Moffett and Brunswick are all closed as are half the old squadrons. There are a total of 13 current active duty squadrons, plus one training squadron.
But Barbers Point, Moffett and Brunswick are all closed as are half the old squadrons. There are a total of 13 current active duty squadrons, plus one training squadron.