P8 Poseidon: Legends of Warfare hardcover
P-8A Poseidon: The US Navy’s Newest Maritime Patrol & Antisubmarine Aircraft, Legends of Aviation hardcover
- The first comprehensive book on the P-8A Poseidon, the US Navy’s new antisubmarine warfare aircraft
- Covers in detail aspects such as interior/exterior configurations, weapons capabilities, missions, and improvements for today’s changing world
- Exclusive images of this Boeing 737 adapted for Navy use
The P-8A Poseidon, a variant of the Boeing 737 series of airliner, takes over the role of antisubmarine warfare from the P-3 Orion, itself a derivative of an airliner, the Lockheed Electra. The P-8A brings new capabilities, endurance, and crew enhancements to the art form of maritime patrol, surveillance, and reconnaissance. The Poseidon also brings with it weapons such as antiship missiles, mines, torpedoes, and bombs. It can lay down sonobuoys to detect, track, and attack submarines that are quieter, deeper diving, and more stealthy than ever before. The ability to perform search and rescue, assist stranded victims of an incident at sea, and coordinate rescue efforts is unparalleled. The P-8A can connect to tactical networks to relay data it collects, or it can receive information and play a part in a larger operation involving several platforms, from surface ships to aircraft and ground facilities.
Published March 2020, 128 pages, 272 black & white and colour photographs, hardcover, 9" x 9".
