Triton's speed and power served a strategic radar-picket mission built around a large radar. A sufficiently powerful set was intended to provide surveillance and fighter direction for forward-deployed naval forces. A dedicated command-and-control room supported that work. If the picket came under attack, the submarine could dive to escape. This was the proposed answer to the vulnerability of surface radar pickets during World War II.
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A radar picket that could direct fighters and dive
Triton's radar-picket concept combined fighter direction with the ability to submerge when attacked, addressing the exposure of wartime surface pickets.