With missile upgrade, P-8A Poseidon brings capacity, complexity to China fight: Analysts
Upgrading the P-8's offensive capabilities could add confusion to any Chinese planning, but the Pentagon has struggled to integrate LRASM onto other aircraft.
By Justin Katz on December 02, 2021 at 3:35 PM
WASHINGTON: The Navy in November announced it will award Boeing a contract next year to begin work on integrating the service’s premiere anti-ship missile onto the P-8A Poseidon.
By the Navy’s definition, the Poseidon is a multimission aircraft with surveillance capabilities as well as weapon systems. But why equip it with an upgraded, longer-range missile designed for and first put on strike fighters and bombers?
Analysts told Breaking Defense the choice is about the military’s capacity to sustain a fight in the Indo-Pacific and to complicate plans for a peer adversary like China.
https://breakingdefense.com/2021/12/with-missile-upgrade-p-8a-poseidon-brings-capacity-complexity-to-china-fight-analysts/
