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Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Poland receives first M28 anti-submarine warfare aircraft

The Polish navy has received its first of three PZL Mielec M28 Bryza-1R bis maritime patrol aircraft also capable of conducting anti-submarine warfare tasks - a new capability for the service.

Delivered to the 30th naval squadron at Siemirowice, the aircraft carries an SRM-800 maritime surveillance system supplied by the Warsaw-based Telecommunications Research Institute, with this including a belly-mounted ARS-800 radar capable of tracking up to 200 targets to a range of over 185km (100nm).

Equipped with a boom-housed magnetic anomaly detector and sonobuoys for ASW tasks, the aircraft is also intended to perform duties including sea surface surveillance, search and rescue, economic exclusion zone, customs, enviromental and fisheries protection, and to detect illegal immigrants and terrorist activities.

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