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The latest anti-submarine patrol aircraft that detects and intercepts submarines, the Korean introduction of the Poseidon 'P-8' has been released.
If it goes through electrification, it is expected that the ability to respond to North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missiles and SLBMs will be greatly improved.
This is reporter Bae Jun-woo.
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The Taegeuk pattern is clearly visible on the body of the plane along with the two letters 'Navy'.
The tail-winged eagle firmly grips the hunted submarine.
A plane that detects and intercepts enemy submarines, the 'P-8 Poseidon'.
It is scheduled to be introduced to the Korean Navy in the first half of next year, and assembly and painting processes have been completed at the Boeing plant in Washington, USA.
Equipped with a turbo engine, it has a top speed of 900 km/h and can soar to a height of 12.5 km.
The combat radius is known to exceed 2,000 km.
Radar and optical electronic detection equipment with a detection range of more than 400 km can accurately capture even floating periscopes.
It also has excellent offensive abilities.
A sonar that floats on water like a buoy can be dropped to locate an enemy submarine and then sink it with a Mark 54 torpedo.
For this reason, Poseidon, called the 'submarine killer', is evaluated as superior in many ways to the existing P-3 owned by the Korean Navy.
[Shin Jong-woo / Senior Analyst, Korea Defense Security Forum: When abnormal heat is detected in the periscope of a submarine or in the sea, it is tracked and the ability to respond to North Korean submarines is inevitably improved.]
The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom, which introduced Poseidon before us, It is known that the actual ability verification has been completed.
Our military plans to purchase 6 P-8s at a total cost of 2 trillion won.
(Video coverage: Il-Sang Han, Video editing: Seung-Yeol Lee, CG: Sang-Soo Ryu)