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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.
At least 200 Taiwanese companies are engaged in the defense industry. Some initially produced civil equipment.
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China had recently increased its naval and air force missions around Taiwan.
The Tuo Chiang class corvettes are among an order of six domestically produced catamarans with stealth capabilities.