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What (who) is hunter-killer - definition
hunter-killer
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Hunter killer; Hunter Killer; Hunter-Killer; Hunter-killer (disambiguation)
¦ adjective (of a naval vessel, especially a submarine) equipped to locate and destroy enemy vessels.
Hunter-killer Group
![USS ''Kearsarge'']] with the escorts of her hunter-killer group at San Diego in 1961](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) with esccorts at San Diego in 1961.jpg?width=200 "USS ''Kearsarge'']] with the escorts of her hunter-killer group at San Diego in 1961")
WORLD WAR II GROUPS OF ANTI-SUBMARINE WARSHIPS
Hunter-killer group
Hunter-killer Groups, also known as Convoy Support Groups, were groups of anti-submarine warships that were actively deployed to attack submarines during World War II. The advances in signals intelligence such as high-frequency direction finding, in cryptological intelligence such as Ultra, and in detection technologies such as radar and sonar/ASDIC enabled the Allied navies to form flotillas designed actively to hunt down submarines and sink them.
Killer
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Killer (band); Killer (song); KILLER; Killer (film); Killer (disambiguation); Killer (album)
·noun One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.
II. Killer ·noun A voracious, toothed whale of the genus Orca, of which several species are known.
Examples of use of hunter-killer
1. The Royal Navy has five other hunter–killer Trafalgar Class submarines.
2. HMS Tireless is a hunter–killer submarine and does not carry nuclear missiles.
3. More complex than the space shuttle, and able to circumnavigate the globe without surfacing, the 7,400–ton monster is the largest and deadliest hunter–killer submarine ever built.
4. The victims of Captain Robert Tarrants aggressive and humiliating style of leadership on board HMS Talent, a hunter–killer submarine, were said to have felt scared and intimidated.
5. Israel denied they carried out the bombing but Mossad, their secret service, was widely thought to have been responsible although he had also been the target on a CIA SAD paramilitary unit and US Special Operations Hunter/Killer teams.