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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Taiwan planning to build its own diesel submarines: report

Hai Lung (Zwaardvis) class submarineThe Defense News has reported that Taiwan is expected to announce a plan in August to build its own diesel submarines.

The publication cited an unnamed former Taiwan military official as saying that the island nation seems to have given up on a U.S. offer of eight diesel submarines.

Instead, it will develop its own submarine, although U.S. technical support may still be needed, the ex-official was cited as saying.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete20/4/09 14:06

    This issue seems odd that it is so directed at what (that all nuclear sub builder) the US, will or won't offer.

    This is because all the faster, cheaper, more appropriate sub solutions are non-US, eg. France's Scorpene, Germany, Holland, or Sweden's Kockums.

    Pete

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