South Korea’s S-3 purchase expected to be approved in June, Vietnam interested as well

At the FIDAE Airshow in Chile, Lockheed Martin said the sale of the S-3 to South Korea is expected to be approve in June and Vietnam plus another Asian country has shown interest in buying the retired ex-U.S. Navy anti-submarine hunter.

US Navy 030325-N-0000X-001 An S-3B Viking conducts routine missions from aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64)
By U.S. Navy photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

All together, three other nations – one of them from South America – are waiting for the South Korea buy to proceed before committing further, Clay Fearnow, Lockheed Martin’s director of maritime patrol programs said.