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SEOUL, May 26 --
The South Korean military has approved a plan to buy 20 maritime patrol aircraft to improve the Navy's surveillance capabilities of North Korea,
a military source said Sunday.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff has recently approved the Navy's request to add 20 maritime patrol aircraft to supplement the aging squadron of 16 Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions.
Among the potential candidates are Airbus Military's C-295 MPA, Boeing's P-8 Poseidon, Lockheed Martin's SC-130J Sea Hercules, according to officials.
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There are also rumours about refurbished Lockheed S-3B Vikings (still remember those?
), but this plan will probably not go beyond the "rumour stage"... 