“Hmmmm....remember the old joke the Kremlin knew where their subs were by tracking the location of P-3 Orion aircraft.”
Is the Navy replacing the old P-3 with a newer and larger plane?
“Is the Navy replacing the old P-3 with a newer and larger plane?”
Yep. The P-8A. And it’s far superior to the P-3.
And the “joke” about the Soviets tracking P-3’s to know where their subs were is not really a joke... It was a quote is attributed to their Admiral Gorskov.
All helos and Boeing 737 variants going forward. Underwater drones in testing.
USN retired all the Hoovers, and MAD proved ineffective with the deeper diving Soviet boats.