The Tuo Chiang-class vessel is a corvette, the smallest class of warship.
It features anti-aircraft missiles, a Phalanx close-in weapons system, two machine guns, and two torpedo tubes, according to Taiwan News.
But Chinese state media, Global Times, claims it does not have the muscle to trouble its military might.
Referencing experts, the publication claimed the warship “carries too many weapons”.
Taiwan has also started building eight new combat submarines, due to enter service in late-2024.
Navy soldiers walk past a indigenous Tuo Chiang class corvette missile ship, December 15 (Image: Getty)
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (Image: Getty)
To further assist the development of Taiwan’s military, largely to suppress the looming threat of China, the Trump administration has supplied 11 arms packages to the island nation, amounting to $5billion dollars in 2020 alone.
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The Ta Chiang warship, which is said to become active in July, is armed with subsonic and supersonic guided missiles making it capable of targeting Chinese vessels. It was reported to have been unveiled at Lungteh Shipyard in Yilan County on Wednesday under the watchful eye of the island’s President Tsai Ing-wen.
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