Boeing P-8 Poseidon: The World's Best American US Killer Plane, That Scares Russia

The P-8 can conduct low-altitude missions and has executed more than 400,000 mishap-free flight hours around the globe. It is able to operate over the open ocean as well as in littoral waters with a relatively small crew of a pilot, co-pilot, two naval flight officers plus three enlisted Aviation Warfare Operators/naval aircrewmen. The five operator stations are mounted in a sideways row, along the port side of the cabin. None have windows, but there is a single observer window located on each side of the forward cabin.

The aircraft is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, developed specifically for the Poseidon – and this includes synthetic aperture radar, an electro and optical infrared sensor turret, and increased acoustic capability that allows the aircraft to conduct concurrent passive and active processing.

There are currently more than 140 P-8s in operation in two variants, including the P-8A, which are operated by the United States Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force; while the Royal Norwegian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Republic of Korea Navy, and the German Navy have also recently adopted the platform. The Indian Navy operates the modified P-8I, which features two major components not fitted on the P-8A: A Telephonics APS-143 OceanEye aft radar and a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD).

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