Allied P-8 Poseidon crew shares what it was like hunting down and torpedoing a US Navy nuclear submarine in big Pacific drills

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• An Australian P-8A anti-submarine warfare aircraft targeted and dropped training torpedoes on a US nuclear submarine.
• The exercise occurred off the coast of Hawaii during RIMPAC 2024.
• The crew dropped sonobuoys to track the vessel before targeting it with Mark 54 exercise torpedoes.

The crew of a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft shared their experiences tracking...