FLYGA
1. The RADAR. (Similar to the old death ray)
2. Operating altitude: Yes, it can go low level, but a lot of mention is being made of High Level ASUW and ASW with all the baggage that brings.
3. A different variant, the P8 AGS will be needed to do overland ISR.
4. No MAD
quote from AOL Defence:
In particular, after some waffling back and forth, the Navy decided to leave off a sensor called the Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD), which can detect the metal hulls of submarines -- if the plane flies low enough. MAD was crucial to the P-3's traditional low-altitude tactics. Significantly, the P-8 variant that Boeing is building for the Indian Navy will still have it; only the US Navy P-8 will not. Both Rondeau and Boeing argue that the P-8 can more than compensate with more sophisticated sensors and by using its superior computing power to interpret their data.
The crews that saw it were unimpressed.
FINNPOG
It is a step back from all of those current MPA options in service for the UK
I never said
MPA options in service for the UK, I said
current platforms.