2020/12/14 15:26 Tuo Chiang-class corvette. Tuo Chiang-class corvette. (Wikimedia Commons photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The first of the Taiwanese Navy’s Tuo Chiang-class guided missile corvettes, nicknamed the "aircraft carrier killer" will be launched in Yilan on Monday (Dec. 14). Following the launch of the Coast Guard’s first Anping-class patrol ship (a modified version of the Tuo Chiang) last Friday (Dec. 11), President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Defense Minister Yen Te-fa (嚴德發), and Navy Commander General Liu Chih-pin (劉志斌) will attend the launching ceremony for the first Tuo Chiang-class ship six years after its prototype. According to the Navy, the corvette has a maximum speed of 30 knots, a displacement of about 685 tons, and a maximum operational range of 1,800 miles. The ship’s arsenal includes Sea Sword II missiles, Hsiung Feng II and III anti-ship missiles, a 76-mm cannon, a Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS), and a T-74 machine gun, CNA reported.