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Monday, January 09, 2012

Taiwan's Project Diving Dragon resurfaces

Hai Lung (Zwaardvis) class submarineRecurring reports that countries other than the United States are helping Taiwan build diesel-electric submarines domestically go back a decade.

According to various articles, it's either the Western Europeans, Russians or Indians who are clandestinely concocting a submarine plan with the Taiwanese.

While the notion that any country able to build subs would choose to so profoundly snub China appears unlikely, the question arises as to why these rumors persist.

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