In a step that falls within the framework of Taiwan's efforts to strengthen its defenses in the face of China, which threatens to take it back by force, she revealed

Taiwan is about the first home-made submarine .

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EDITED BY| HUXIANA

 

Asia section -  CJ journalist

 

Taipei– September,28,2023

 

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China considers Taiwan an integral part of its territory and keeps asserting that it will take it back even if it has to be used

Military power.

Last year, Beijing intensified its military and political pressure on Taiwan, and also increased the number of warplanes carried out

Sorties around the island and also penetrate its atmosphere.

In turn, Taiwan increased its defense spending and allocated a record amount of 19 billion dollars for its military budget for 2024

To buy supplies and weapons, especially from its main ally the United States.

Since coming to power in 2016, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, who hails from an anti-Beijing party, has launched a program to build

Submarines on the territory of the island have set for this program a goal of producing a fleet of eight ships.

The construction of the first ship of this fleet began in 2020 by "CSBC", a Taiwanese specialized company

Built cargo ships and military ships.

The cost of this submarine is 1.5 billion dollars, and its total weight ranges from 2500 to 3000 tons, and it will be supplied

Combat systems and torpedoes produced by the American defense company Lockheed Martin.

President Tsai will unveil the submarine at a ceremony in the southern coastal city of Kaohsiung.

 

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