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Hunting submarines from the air

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13 Jun 2018
Taken from the June 2018 issue of Physics World

Far above the ocean’s surface, aircraft hunt for an unseen enemy below the waves. To mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force, tactical co-ordinator Jason Furlong and pilot John Ryder describe how they use physics to find submarines

At a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in northern Scotland, it has just turned 0200 GMT on a blizzardy win

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Jason Furlong is a major in the Royal Canadian Air Force with degrees in electrical and software engineering. John Ryder is a squadron leader in the Royal Air Force with a degree in physics and is a long-time member of the Institute of Physics. They are currently pioneering new anti-submarine warfare methods in a Coalition Command, e-mail jason@jasonfurlong.com, linkedin.com/in/john-ryder-528a4358
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