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  • Srbin

Modern ASW Fixed Wing aircraft

As it appears, there are very few modern ASW/AsuW aircraft today that can be bought new and not used. You had the older Atlantiques, Orions, Tu-142s and Il-38s but these are not in production.

In the future, there will be CN-235 MPAs(which have been purchased by UAE and another country I think for ASW), Su-32s, Boeing 737 MMA, Nimrod MRA4, A-40 Albatross, ATL3 Atlantique, EMB-145-P99.

What do you guys think of these and which ones will be the best?

EMB-145-P99
http://www.embraer.com/english/content/aeronaves/mercado_defesa/emb145_mpasw/images/home.jpg
A-40 Albatross
http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/vvs/amphibious/beriev/beriev_a-40_002.jpg
CN-235
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/cn235mp/images/CN235MP_7.jpg
Su-32
http://www.airpower.at/news03/1201_jsf-gap/IMG_9195_su-32.jpg
ATL3 Atlantique
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/atlantique/images/atlantique4.jpg
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/nimrod/images/Nimrod_14.jpg
Boeing 737 MMA
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/mma/images/DVD-726-1.jpg

I really like the Flanker, it may not have the necessary range of the larger aircraft but it can sure carry a pretty heavy load and is twice as faster than all of those. I however do kind of doubt it’s ASW capabilities, it may have a 10 h endurance and such, but how many sonobuys can it carry and such? It sure is a multirole aircraft, can perform AA, Interception, Interdiction, Anti-Shipping, Patrol, ASW, Recoinassance and whatever u want.

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