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    Navy plans to stop buying P-8 Poseidon sub hunters

    Navy plans to stop buying P-8 Poseidon sub hunters

    The P-8 is the US long range sub hunting airplane. It is a militarized Boeing 737. But that plane is no longer being made- to include its parts. So the Navy has to end the P-8 program. Not sure what they are going to use to replace it. Probably drones.

    But the more interesting part of the article is the discussion of Russian and Chinese submarine forces.

    The U.S. Navy’s 2021 budget proposal apparently will request no new money to purchase the service’s only long-range anti-submarine aircraft, despite a growing undersea threat and a shortfall in aircraft designed to cope with that threat.

    The P-8 Poseidon multi-mission aircraft, a militarized version of the Boeing 737 jetliner, conducts anti-submarine, anti-surface and shipping interdiction missions from land bases, flying much further with greater payload than any carrier-based plane could.

    Poseidon rotates frequently to the bases of overseas allies as it conducts maritime surveillance of the Northern Atlantic, Western Pacific and other areas. The plane uses acoustic sensors and radar to detect hostile warships, and carries munitions such as torpedoes that would be used in wartime to destroy such threats.

    However, the Navy says it has a validated warfighting requirement of 138 Poseidons to cope with Russian and Chinese naval forces, and it looks likely to stop purchases at 117—far short of that requirement. Congressional appropriators are asking the Navy how it would replace the aging sub hunters in two Navy Reserve squadrons—which must retire in the near future—if production of the P-8 is prematurely terminated.
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    I wonder if this is all propaganda being put out there for China and Russia.


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    Looks like we will be using 3 different types of drones to make up for the other 21 P-8's. Not including Hunter Subs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MMC View Post
    I wonder if this is all propaganda being put out there for China and Russia.


    Boeing lands big P-8 sub-hunter deal from U.S. Navy

    https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/01/...
    Jan 28, 2019 · Boeing lands big P-8 sub-hunter deal from U.S. Navy . By Andrew McIntosh ... Boeing said its existing fleet of two different P-8 models, the P-8A Poseidon and P-8I made and sold to India, have so …



    Boeing Is Building Big Orca Drone Subs For The Navy To ...

    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/26513/boeing...
    Feb 15, 2019 · Boeing Is Building Big Orca Drone Subs For The Navy To Hunt And Lay Mines And More The new drone submarines will help lay the groundwork for the service's ambitious future unmanned undersea …



    The Navy Is Using Duck Drones to Hunt Subs

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy...
    Apr 02, 2015 · The Navy's Duck Drone Is Ready to Fly (And Swim) The U.S. Navy Wants To Fly Big Drones From Small Ships; DARPA's Enormous Sub-Hunting Drone Is Almost Ready; U.S. Navy Designing to A New Attack Sub



    US Navy’s ‘Night Hunter’ Drone Ship to Stalk Russian Subs ...

    https://sputniknews.com/us/201701151049616886-us-navy-drone
    US Navy’s ‘Night Hunter’ Drone Ship to Stalk Russian Subs “The 40-meter-long self-propelled warship, dubbed Sea Hunter, is a major advance in robotic warfare at the core of America's strategy to counter Chinese and Russian naval investments,” Kris Osborne wrote in the latest issue of Scout Warrior.


    Looks like we will be using 3 different types of drones to make up for the other 21 P-8's. Not including Hunter Subs.
    Thanks for the info.
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