Maritime air electronic warfare

Film on the importance of electronic warfare in detecting and tracking submarines at sea. An RAF Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft is shown as its crew detect and track a submarine.

The Oberon-class submarine HMS Oracle is seen on the surface and the radar and radar detection equipment carried by submarines and maritime patrol aircraft is seen and described. A Shackleton MR3 maritime patrol aircraft of 201 Squadron is seen on the ground and in the air, its weapons and sensors are seen and described and the process of detecting and tracking a submarine is shown and explained in some detail.