Not to mention the Australians, who have signed contracts to replace their turboprop P-3s with P-8s?
Having operated the Spiral one console demonstrator, it will be at least until spiral two until the sensors are comparable with what we have at the moment. The operators would still like a 360 degree radar and MAD.
obliterated the CPA
Hardly obliterated the CPA, was certainly visible on it and if we could see it, so could the sub, if he wasn't too fast.