"From the plane, he could see how Russian submarines and suspicious ships could be detected using highly sensitive radar and sonar equipment. "We went down quite low, around 300 meters, and could see the ships rocking on the waves," Pistorius told DW after the two-hour flight with a German pilot in the cockpit. The Boeing P-8 Poseidon a military plane that uses the frame of the passenger plane, the Boeing 737 is primarily designed to detect Russian submarines."
"During the flight, no submarines were seen but the German politician was able to observe sonar buoys also called sonobuoys being dropped from the rear of the plane. The buoys are equipped with acoustic sensors and when dropped, can form a network of listening devices that can detect a ship's engine noise from kilometers away, as well as eavesdrop on other aspects of the underwater environment."
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius joined a Royal Air Force reconnaissance flight out of Lossiemouth over the North Atlantic aboard a Boeing P-8 Poseidon. The flight demonstrated how sensitive radar, sonar and sonobuoys detect and monitor ships and submarines at sea. Sonobuoys dropped from the aircraft form listening networks that can pick up engine noise and other underwater signals from kilometers away. The German Navy will acquire eight P-8 systems, joining Britain, Norway and the US. NATO plans coordinated air-base monitoring from Lossiemouth, Keflavik and Nordholz, with joint German-British submarine-hunting operations announced.
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