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South Korea's First P-8A MPA Breaks Cover
South Korea's First P-8A MPA. Boeing photo

South Korea’s First P-8A MPA Breaks Cover

The Republic of Korea Navy's first P-8A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) broke cover in a video released by Boeing.

Daehan Lee 23 Feb 2022

On February 3rd, Boeing released a video of the P-8A for the ROK Navy, which was captured at its factory in Washington state. Six P-8As are expected to be delivered to the Korean Navy from this summer to 2023, after it was chosen as the next multi-mission maritime aircraft and the US State Department approved FMS (Foreign Military Sales) of six P-8As to South Korea in September 2018 for an estimated 2.1 billion USD.

The ROK Navy has already established the 6th Air Wing’s maritime patrol aircraft squadron 61.

The ‘P-8 Poseidon,’ also known as the “submarine killer”, is an anti-submarine patrol aircraft developed by Boeing in 2009 based on its B737-800 aircraft. It is equipped with 129 sonobuoys that detect underwater activities of hostile submarines, as well as offensive weapons such as the Harpoon air-to-surface missile and torpedoes.

The US Navy’s P-8A has a long-range X-band radar AN/APY-10 that detects maritime enemy targets within 470 kilometers, as well as surveillance and patrol assets such as a digital electronic optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor L-2 Wescam MX-20HD that films targets from tens of kilometers away in high resolution, and several electronic warfare equipment.

Once the ROK Navy receives the new six P-8A aircraft from Boeing, the ROK Navy will have a total of 22 operable maritime patrol aircraft, including the eight P-3Cs and eight P-3CKs currently in service. In 2030, these P-3Cs and P-3CKs will be replaced by new aircraft.

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Posted by : Daehan Lee
Daehan Lee currently works for aerospace and defense-related projects in Seoul, also being a political, security affairs researcher writing about inter-Korean naval acquisition and development. He previously worked at the U.S. and Belgian Embassies in Seoul, the People Power Party, and election camps. Prior to his work in politics and foreign affairs, Lee served for the Republic of Korea Navy as an assistant to the Vice Admiral and a translator for Master Chief Petty Officers of the Navy, shortly working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fields of interest include the Asia-Pacific security, defense acquisition, Korean politics and foreign policy.

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