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Old 7th Sep 2015, 14:12
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Smilin_Ed
 
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MAD Capability

The Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) capability in the P-3 was approximately 1,000 feet on a full-sized submarine. Flying at a typical 300 feet, a P-3 could expect to detect a sub down to 700 feet if it flew directly overhead. They did not bother to install MAD in the P-8. There are better ways to detect a sub.
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