Overview

• Allied forces have flown at least 27 anti‑submarine sorties since Sunday, including eight RAF P‑8 Poseidon flights from RAF Lossiemouth with additional missions by Norwegian and US aircraft from bases in Evenes, Iceland and Sicily.
• Royal Navy frigate HMS Somerset has been deployed in Norwegian waters to support the search effort.
• Open‑source tracking shows Poseidons flying racetrack orbits over the Norwegian Sea as many aircraft disabled transponders near the patrol area.
• Analysts report RAF Poseidons sustaining round‑the‑clock coverage north of Norway, a tempo that drew on five of the fleet’s nine airframes in the past day.
• The surge coincides with USS Gerald R. Ford training near Norway, while former naval officers describe the effort as either active containment or a show of force.