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NATO Steps Up Sub Hunt Off Norway as P-8’s Rare Radar Appears in Black Sea Intercept

Open-source tracking plus new intercept video expose rare sensors at work despite official silence.

A screengrab from the embedded video showing the P-8 Poseidon over the Black Sea with the AAS extended. (Image credit: Telegram/X)
File image of a Royal Air Force Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, seen here flying over RAF Lossiemouth. (Image credit: Cpl Adam Fletcher/Crown Copyright). Inset: Screenshot showing a P-8 Poseidon MRA1 sortie from RAF Lossiemouth on Aug. 25. (Image credit: Flightradar24)

Overview

  • U.S., U.K. and Norwegian P-8 Poseidons have flown more than two dozen anti-submarine sorties since Sunday to protect the USS Gerald R. Ford west of Norway, according to multiple reports and flight-tracking data.
  • An MOD spokesperson confirmed P-8 operations but declined details, while open-source analysis indicated around-the-clock RAF coverage requiring multiple airframes rotating from Lossiemouth.
  • Many aircraft disabled transponders near the search area, with additional sorties noted from Iceland and Sigonella and supporting assets at sea including HMS Somerset; no public confirmation of a located submarine has been issued.
  • A U.S. Navy P-8A operating over the Black Sea was filmed being intercepted by a Russian fighter, with rare footage showing the AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor deployed; MLAT data placed the aircraft more than 50 nautical miles from Russian airspace during the mission from Sigonella.
  • NORAD said F-16s intercepted a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane near Alaska for the fourth time in a week, noting all flights remained in international airspace and characterizing the activity as routine defensive operations.