Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Taiwan to construct stealth warship

In the wake of Chinese naval build-up, Taiwan on Monday disclosed its plans to construct a 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles.

Deputy Defence Minister Lin Yu-pao said that they would start building the prototype of the 500-ton corvette in 2012 and hopes to complete it in 2014.

The comments of Lin, who is also a top Taiwanese military official, came in response to a question by legislator Lin Yu-fang of Kuomintang party at the Parliament. The legislator added that the warship is designed in a way that will be difficult to detect on radar.

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