Admiral Huang said a fleet of 10 submarines will make it harder for the Chinese navy to project power into the Pacific. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Taiwan hopes to deploy at least two new, domestically developed submarines by 2027, and possibly equip later models with missiles, toand protect key supply lines, the head of the programme said.
"If we can build up this combat capacity, I don't think we will lose a war," Admiral Huang in September told an internal briefing on the project, which was attended by Reuters. Admiral Huang said Taiwan's diesel-electric submarines can keep China at bay within the first island chain, referring to the area that runs from Japan through Taiwan, the Philippines and on to Borneo, enclosing China's coastal seas.
Getting foreign assistance was particularly challenging for Taiwan, which doesn't have official ties with most countries.
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