[C19fan]

This is the 2nd time the UK has asked for ASW assistance. Looks like the lyrics to Rule Britannia need to be changed.

[ImNotLying]

Another hunt for Red October?

[Resolute Conservative]

And why do we know this until it is found?

[SeaHawkFan]

U.K. should buy some of the retiring USN P-3s.

[SeaHawkFan]

U.K. should buy some of the retiring USN P-3s.

[armydawg505]

NATO is there for a reason and calling in allies to help out if the reason.

[C19fan]

Duplicate post. Please delete.

[Vinnie]

Time for a depth charge practice exercise.

[Rinnwald]

“...’spy-in-the-sky’ Nimrod surveillance aircraft...”

The article may be confusing its Nimrods. The Nimrod MR1/MR2 were maritime patrol aircraft active with the RAF. They would have been useful in this ASW scenario, searching for a Russian sub.

“spy-in-the-sky” implies an AEW aircraft, like the U.S. E-3. An AEW version of the Nimrod (Nimrod AEW3) was in development for about a decade, but was cancelled before entering service.