Friday, June 11, 2021

Is The U.S. Navy’s P-3 Orion The Solution To Confront The Russian Submarine Threat In The Atlantic?

The Navy's land-based P-8A Poseidon is designed to find, fix and defeat both undersea and surface warships. 

Forbes: The Russian Submarine Threat In The Atlantic Is Growing, But A Low-Cost Solution Is Available 

Over a hundred years after German U-boats first threatened Britain’s maritime lifelines to North America, submarines continue to pose a danger to the security of Western democracies. The United Kingdom’s defense secretary, Ben Wallace, warned in mid-May that Russian submarines are “circling Britain’s entire coastline,” raising the specter of renewed undersea warfare if NATO finds itself at war with Putin’s Russia. Although Moscow has largely deferred investment in sea power to build up its land forces, it has made an exception for submarines.  

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WNU Editor: Here is another possible solution to the Russian submarine threat in the Atlantic .... Will Swarms of Underwater ‘Drones’ Make Submarines Obsolete? (19FortyFive).

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