Description
The hunter of the seas. Based on the Electra airliner, the Lockeed P-3 Orion entered service in 1962 and has since been regularly modernized, especially in the electronics field. The Cuban missile crisis gives it the opportunity to demonstrate its effectiveness as a long-range patroller. He subsequently played an essential role as a submarine hunter throughout the Cold War. More recently it was used as an electronic reconnaissance device during the first Gulf War. In its civilian version, it is used by US Customs in the fight against drug traffickers. Summary: 1. Departure of an anti-submarine mission 2. The Cold War patrol vessel 3. Evolution of submarines and birth of the Orion 4. October 62: First mission to Cuba 5. Adaptation to the Soviet threat 6. Bird of prey during the 1st Gulf War 7. New missions around the world