In recent years, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) is regaining prominence from the hottest years of the Cold War. Although the medium has barely changed, technology has evolved in an unimaginable way in recent times. So much so that submarines are increasingly quieter (emitting less noise than the environment), more powerful, more acoustically capable and can remain sheltered from the depths for longer thanks to anaerobic propulsion (also known as AIP). This, together with the proliferation of underwater drones and the fact that access to submarines is increasingly cheaper, and, therefore, more navies have them, has caused maritime patrol to regain the interest that it should never have lost.
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