Japan Is Ready For To Conduct Anti-Submarine Operations

A US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon on display next to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's maritime patrol asset, the Kawasaki P-1, at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, November 19, 2014. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Douglas G. Wojciechowski

Harold Hutchinson, We Are The Mighty: This is how Japan plans to hunt enemy subs

The P-3 Orion has served with the United States for a long time, but also saw wide export service. One of those export customers was Japan, which operated over 100 Orions built by Kawasaki.

Like the American Orions, these Japanese planes needed to be replaced – and for Japan, this was a very important program. In World War II, American submarines managed to choke off Japan’s maritime supply routes. This is a lesson that stuck with the island nation, and lead them to a focus on anti-submarine warfare.

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WNU Editor: I would not be surprised if the Japanese are using these planes right now to monitor North Korean sub activity.