anti-submarine
Adjective
Meaning
anti-submarine (not comparable)
(military) Intended to attack submarines.
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Examples
A naval helicopter taking off from an RSN frigate flight deck to conduct anti-submarine operations during Exercise RIMPAC in Hawaii.
After a surface ship, patrol plane or anti-submarine helicopter detects an enemy submarine by using sonar or other sensors, it could relay the sub's position to an ASROC-equipped ship for attack.
Almost all cruisers in World War II were vulnerable to submarine attack due to a lack of anti-submarine sonar and weapons.
As the U.S. Navy's strike role was centered around aircraft carriers, cruisers were primarily designed to provide air defense while often adding anti-submarine capabilities.
As a result, the Royal Navy entered the Second World War in 1939 without enough long-range escorts to protect ocean-going shipping, and there were no officers with experience of long-range anti-submarine warfare.
Also completed during this period was the nuclear-powered USS, with two Terrier and one Talos launchers, plus an ASROC anti-submarine launcher the World War II conversions lacked.