U.S. Navy's Poseidon on Guard Against Lurking Subs

High-tech sub hunter...

A P-8A Poseidon over the USS Zumwalt, as the ship

 heads for its new home port of San Diego, Calif.

The U.S. Navy announced this month that its restarting the 2nd Fleet to oversee the western Atlantic Ocean, including the North Atlantic and U.S. East Coast, Christopher Wood reports on businessinsider.com.

The decision comes after several years of tensions between NATO members and Russia -- and several warnings from Western officials about growing Russian naval activity, including more sophisticated and more active submarines, Wood wrote.

For NATO members and other countries, augmenting antisubmarine abilities means not only adding ships but also advanced maritime-patrol aircraft to scour the sea, he added.

A number of aircraft on the market fill this role, but the U.S.-made P-8A Poseidon is among the most sophisticated.

For more of an intriguing report: https://amp.businessinsider.com/us-navy-p8a-poseidon-sub-hunting-aircraft-features-sales-2018-5

U.S. Navy Poseidon crew members on a search mission.

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon on patrol.

Photos: businessinsider.com

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