P-3 Orion/Related Articles: Difference between revisions

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Anti-surface warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
Antisubmarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
C3I-ISR [r]: Add brief definition or description
Littoral warfare [r]: Air, sea, subsurface, and land warfare that takes place in waters near a coast, or on coastal land areas. ^[e]
Naval warfare [r]: The military history of the organized navies of the world from 300 BCE to the present. ^[e]

EP-3 Aries II [r]: Signals intelligence variant of P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft; slower than Air Force RC-135 comparable aircraft ^[e]

Torpedo [r]: A naval weapon that travels underwater, using its own propulsion, to attack its target, minimally with onboard mechanisms to keep it on a straight course. Modern torpedoes are underwater guided missiles that can track their target and adjust their course to hit it ^[e]
- Mark 46 torpedo [r]: Lightweight antisubmarine torpedo, primarily air-dropped but also ship-launched for close-in defense ^[e]
- Mark 50 torpedo [r]: Add brief definition or description
Anti-shipping missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AGM-84 Harpoon [r]: Add brief definition or description
Air-to-surface missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AGM-65 Maverick [r]: Add brief definition or description

Radar [r]: Acronym for "radio detection and ranging"; a system used to locate a distant object by transmission of radio waves and reception of their reflection. ^[e]
Sonobuoy [r]: Air-dropped, expendable sensors for anti-submarine warfare ^[e]
Electronic warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AN/AAR-57 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- AN/ALE-47 [r]: Add brief definition or description

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