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B-1B Lancer & P-8 Poseidon: Revolutionizing Pacific ASW

The Pacific Ocean is the world’s largest strategic chessboard — spanning over 60 million square miles, dotted with contested ...
The Aviationist

China’s Y-9FQ Next Gen ASW Aircraft Intercepted for the First Time Over East China Sea

The Y-9FQ ‘High New 15’ made its debut at the Sep. 3, 2025, Victory Day parade in Beijing, and has now been intercepted for the first time by Japan. A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force ...
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Airbus and Kawasaki team up for anti-submarine warfare Eurodrone variant

Airbus and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the concept of a Eurodrone ...
Jane's Information Group

China's Y-9Q ASW aircraft confirmed in PLA Navy service

This infographic shows China's Y-9-based Y-8Q and the new Y-9Q maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. (Janes/Japan Ministry of Defense) China's second-generation Shaanxi Y-9Q maritime ...
Stars and Stripes

Improved version of China’s anti-sub warfare plane spotted on patrol near Okinawa

Japanese fighter pilots recently encountered for the first time an apparently improved version of China’s anti-submarine warfare aircraft, according to an aviation expert. A variant of China’s Y-9 ...