Taiwan Navy to launch first Tuo Chiang corvette | Taiwan Ne

Taiwan Navy to launch first Tuo Chiang corvette | Taiwan News


2020/12/14 15:26
Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
Tuo Chiang-class corvette.
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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.

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