P-8A Poseidon: The US Navy's Newest Maritime Patrol & Antisubmarine Aircraft

by John Gourley

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764359223
• ISBN13: 9780764359224
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 9.1"