OCEANIC SURVEILLANCE

摘要

With tensions running high in the South China Sea, a number of Asia-Pacific nations arc re-equipping their maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) fleets with new capable platforms. The most successful MPA of the modern era has been the Lockheed P-3 Orion which was developed from a commercial airliner, the four-turboprop Electra and the current MPA of choice for those that can afford it is Boeing P-8A Poseidon Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA) which was developed from another commercial airliner, the Boeing 737.