{"id":2728,"date":"2018-09-13T15:16:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2018-09-13T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:16:03","slug":"u-s-approves-sale-of-6-boeing-p-8a-poseidons-to-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Approves Sale Of 6 Boeing P-8A Poseidon&#8217;s To South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"11\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">WASHINGTON (Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. State Department on Thursday said it supported the sale of six Boeing Co P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to South Korea for an estimated $2.10 billion and had notified Congress of its decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"12\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">South Korea&#8217;s military said in June it had picked Boeing to supply the country with maritime patrol aircraft.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"13\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">South Korea said in February that it would procure from overseas new maritime patrol aircraft with stronger anti-submarine capabilities to better respond to the threat of North Korea\u2019s submarine-launched ballistic missiles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #26282a; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-reactid=\"14\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">(Reporting by Lesley Wroughton; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2729\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2729\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boeing_P-8A_Poseidon-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boeing_P-8A_Poseidon-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boeing_P-8A_Poseidon-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Boeing_P-8A_Poseidon-1024x472.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 is seen in flight over Jacksonville, Fla. 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