How to Use anti-submarine in a Sentence

anti-submarine

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  • At sea level, anti-submarine nets were strung across the narrow bays.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • The vessels would have been able to remain at sea for up to two years at a time and conduct anti-submarine warfare.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
  • Its anti-submarine role is becoming stronger.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The ships themselves specialize in anti-submarine warfare and air defense.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024
  • The carrier group did not mention anti-submarine sweeps for any specific vessels.
    — John Feng robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Barring some new advances in anti-missile defenses or anti-submarine warfare, there's no need to fix what isn't broken.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
  • For the foreseeable future, torpedoes will still be the main weapon for submarine and anti-submarine warfare.
    — James Dwyer, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The naval anti-submarine drills marked the first joint exercise in six months, and North Korea promised to retaliate to the drills.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2023
  • More practical users said the object appeared to be a float from the World War II-era used for anti-submarine nets.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The new drone would also remove China’s need to develop and build expensive manned anti-submarine aircraft.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
  • According to reports, the new drone can carry lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The vessel can carry humans or be used as an uncrewed missile platform, anti-submarine weapons platform, radar, sensor craft, or drone mothership.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The exercises off the Philippine coast will include drills on anti-submarine, surface and air warfare as well as land phases, the release said.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Its primary mission will be anti-submarine warfare, though it will also likely be assigned dull and dirty jobs like logistical support.
    — New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
  • But the promise itself is compelling, a drone capable of both counter-insurgency and anti-submarine operations, built to be used and lost if needed.
    — Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • The three countries began joint anti-submarine warfare drills Thursday, joined by Canada and India.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, ajc, 17 Mar. 2023
  • On a routine basis, they are presumed to be carrying land-attack cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine missiles, with a crew of up to 85 sailors.
    — Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • These robot submarines can carry out missions such as surveillance, mine-hunting, and anti-submarine warfare with high precision and minimal risk.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
  • The ship is designed to collect undersea acoustic data in support of anti-submarine warfare development.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • In the July naval drills, Russia used explosive-laden naval drones to sink targets and practiced anti-submarine warfare, mine-laying, and missile strikes.
    — Galip Dalay, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Other drills included assaults on maritime targets and anti-air and anti-submarine operations.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • If true, this is a big deal, as anti-submarine missions are widely considered the most difficult of all maritime military aviation operations.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The aircraft, also known as P-8s, are used for anti-submarine warfare and surveillance missions in the North Atlantic.
    — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The UUVs resembled small submarines and could be used for surveillance, mine hunting, and anti-submarine warfare.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Davis tried experimentally fitting these to early aircraft as anti-Zeppelin and anti-submarine weapons.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The destroyer can also operate two anti-submarine helicopters.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The helicopter can support anti-submarine warfare, maritime patrol, and surveillance missions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The Philippines is getting six used Japanese escort destroyers armed with anti-submarine and anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, and naval guns.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
  • It will likely be deployed for search and rescue, troop transport, anti-submarine warfare, or sea control in the South China Sea’s congested littorals.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Photos released by the Taiwanese navy showed an anti-submarine helicopter releasing a torpedo, alongside warships firing missiles and guns.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025

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