Taiwan's friends aiding its secretive submarine project
For more than two decades, Taiwan tried to buy a fleet of modern conventional submarines to fend off an existential threat — invasion by China. There were no takers. The US, Taiwan’s main ally, has a nuclear-powered fleet and had not built diesel-powered subs in decades. Other nations balked, fearful of angering Beijing. Now, as China under President Xi Jinping (習近平) steps up its military intimidation of Taiwan, an array of foreign submarine-technology vendors, with the approval of their governments, are aiding a secretive program to build subs in Taiwan. Taipei has stealthily source...
Source: taipeitimes.com
