Taiwan’s president has launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing at a port in Kaohsiung
Taiwan’s president launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing Thursday at a port in Kaohsiung.
“In the past, a domestic made submarine was considered impossible, but today a submarine designed and built by our countrymen is in front of you,” said President Tsai Ing-wen at the launch ceremony. “It is the concrete realization of our resolution to protect” Taiwan.The process was “torturous,” said Cheng Wen-lon, head of Taiwan’s CSBC Corporation, which led the constructions of the submarine. But its completion marks an important milestone in Taiwan’s strategy of adopting asymmetric warfare.
After years of construction and design, the prototype will begin a test in the harbor before being tested in the ocean. It will only be handed over to the military after passing both its harbor and ocean-faring tests. Taiwan plans to build another submarine if successful, with both to be deployed by 2027, according to the semi-official Central News Agency.
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