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Taiwan submarines

September 10, 2022
Taiwan’s Risky Submarine Aspiration
By Holmes Liao
Taiwan’s Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) program is not only cost-prohibitive but operationally ineffective.

November 28, 2020
Taiwan Starts Production of First Domestically Made Submarines
By Nick Aspinwall
President Tsai Ing-wen called the submarine production crucial to Taiwan’s development of asymmetric warfare capabilities.

November 30, 2019
Time for Taiwan to Scrap the Indigenous Diesel Submarine
By Michael A. Hunzeker and Joseph Petrucelli
The stakes are too high for Taiwan to waste money on outdated programs.

November 20, 2019
Taiwan’s Difficult-Yet-Viable Indigenous Submarine Project Needs Cross-Party Support
By Yawen Tsao
Han Kuo-yu’s controversial comments on the submarine project spark a backlash.

May 09, 2019
Taiwan Unveils Model of Indigenously-Designed Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The model was revealed on May 9 during a groundbreaking ceremony for a submarine shipyard in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.

September 26, 2018
Taiwan’s Indigenous Submarine to Be Based on European Design
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Taiwan’s future diesel-electric attack submarine fleet will be based on European design, according to local media reports.

August 31, 2018
Taiwan’s Future Submarines Should Be Unmanned
By Tobias Burgers and Scott N. Romaniuk
Taiwan faces a steep learning curve in building submarines, but it has proven expertise in unmanned systems.

July 12, 2018
India, Japan to Submit Design Proposals for Taiwan’s New Indigenous Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Indian and Japanese defense contractors, next to two European and two U.S. firms, are submitting design proposals for Taiwan’s future submarine fleet.

May 25, 2018
Taiwan Reaches Preliminary Deal to Upgrade 2 Diesel-Electric Subs
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Taiwanese government and Dutch firm RH Marine reached a deal to upgrade two diesel-electric submarines.

April 11, 2018
US Grants Licenses to Help Taiwan Build Fleet of Attack Subs
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Department of State has approved U.S. defense contractors to sell licenses for submarine technology to Taiwan.

July 01, 2017
US Approves Sale of Advanced Torpedoes to Taiwan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. government approved the sale of MK-48 heavyweight torpedoes to Taiwan as part of a larger arms package.

March 23, 2017
Taiwan to Build Own Attack Submarines Within Next 10 Years
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Taiwan is moving ahead with plans to field a new fleet of domestically-built submarines within ten years.
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