Magnetic anomaly detector
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A magnetic anomaly detector is an instrument used to detect minute variations in the Earth's magnetic field. The term typically refers to magnetometers used by military forces to detect submarines. Mi
MAD rear boom on P-3C
The SH-60B Seahawk helicopter carries a yellow and red towed MAD array known as a "MAD bird", seen on the aft fuselage
A Soviet Tu-142MK (with MAD located in aft-facing fin-top fairing) escorted by US Navy Lockheed P-3C (MAD located in projection at base of tail), March 1986
PAC P-750 XSTOL geosurvey aircraft with a MAD stinger in Upernavik, Greenland
Lockheed P-3 Orion
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The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. It is based on the L-188 Electra
Magnetic anomaly detector
…MAD rear boom on P-3C The SH-60B Seahawk helicopter carries a yellow and red towed MAD array known as a "MAD bird", seen on the aft fuselage A magnetic anomaly detector (MAD…
A Kawasaki-built P-3C Orion of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The first Orion prototype was a converted Lockheed Electra.
P-3s from Japan, Canada, Australia, Republic of Korea, and the United States at MCAS Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2010
A USN P-3A of VP-49 in the original blue/white colors