The Case For Stripping The P-8 Poseidon Down Into An RB-8 Multi-Role Arsenal Ship
A non-maritime patrol variant of the P-8 could provide the Air Force with a flexible platform for augmenting the bomber force and much more.
Tag: P-8
Navy P-8 Poseidon Flies Mission Armed With Harpoon Missiles In Asia-Pacific Show Of Force
The P-8 reportedly flew near the southern tip of Taiwan, over tense waters that have been frequented by the Chinese Navy as of late.
A Navy P-8 Poseidon Jet Has Been Flying Mysterious Circles Over Los Angeles For Hours (Updated)
The maritime patrol and surveillance jet is orbiting high above LA in some of the busiest airspace in the country on a dark and rainy night.
Navy’s Old Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile To Get New Tricks After Scoring Six For Six At RIMPAC
The Harpoon anti-ship missile, a staple in allied navies around the world, may be a 40-year-old design, but it still has a lot of fight left in it.
Watch USS Racine Get Pummeled To Death During RIMPAC 2018 Sinking Exercise
RIMPAC executes its first land-based anti-ship missile barrage in a big way.
Australia Seals Deal To Buy MQ-4C Drones As Military Competition In the Pacific Heats Up
The long-range, high-flying unmanned aircraft will patrol the country’s large maritime borders and keep tabs on Chinese developments in the Pacific.
Navy Eyes ‘Hard-Kill’ Defenses For Transport, Tanker, and Possibly Unmanned Escort Planes
The service is looking for a system that launches interceptors at incoming missiles and could end up on more than half a dozen types of aircraft.
15 Questions With One of VP-5’s ‘Mad Foxes’ on Flying the P-8 Poseidon
The P-8’s short career with the US Navy has been an outstanding one. The much doubted weaponized 737 has become one of the most in-demand assets in the Pentagon’s portfolio. I has made major news by rescuing castaways, searching for MH370, monitoring China’s man-made islands in the South China Sea, and even being threatened by Iranian air defenses. Four years after its introduction into service, it continues to evolve rapidly in exciting new ways, and the jet has become one of the America’s most successful new defense exports.
The Mad Foxes Take Us to the Middle East in Their P-8 Poseidons
All the P-8 can do is win lately, and VP-5 brought the jet’s unique capabilities to one of the most complex security environments in the world for the very first time.
The P-8 Poseidon Will Get Winged Torpedoes To Kill Subs At Long-Range
The days of skimming the waves and chucking out torpedoes are coming to an end.