The Breguet Atlantic (Breguet 1150 Atlantique) is a Long-distance Reconnaissance airplane, primarily designed for use over open Sea. It is used in several Nato-Countries as a reconnaissance- and patrol-airplane as well as anti-submarine aircraft. The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... A military aircraft used for monitoring enemy activity, usually carrying no armament. ... A patrol bomber, or patrol aircraft, is an airplane designed to operate for long times over water in an anti-shipping or anti-submarine role. ... Anti-submarine warfare is a term referring to warfare directed against submarines. ...
It is the only sea-reconnaissance airplane specifically designed and built for this purpose, instead of refitting or modifying existing civil designs. Breguet Atlantic of the Deutsche Marine Photographed on March 30, 2005 over Bremerhaven, Germany by Deelkar File links The following pages link to this file: Breguet Atlantic Categories: GFDL images | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1. ... Breguet Atlantic of the Deutsche Marine Photographed on March 30, 2005 over Bremerhaven, Germany by Deelkar File links The following pages link to this file: Breguet Atlantic Categories: GFDL images | Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1. ... The Deutsche Marine is the present day German Navy, replacing both the East German Volksmarine and the West German Bundesmarine after the reunification of Germany in 1990. ...
The Atlantic's ordnance consisted of torpedos (Mk.44), waterbombs (Mk.54), mines, A.S. air-to-surface missiles, as well as conventional bombs in use by the German Airforce.
As a means for detection and surveillance of enemy surface forces and submarines, the Atlantics were equipped with actice and passive sonar-bojues, a magnetic anomaly detector (MAD) and Radar.
Since the begining of the crises, Atlantics keep patroling the area, either in the maritime surveillance role or in the intelligence gathering role.