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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Talk of the Day -- Taiwan mulling to build submarines

Hai Lung (Zwaardvis) class submarineTaiwan is studying the feasibility of building diesel-electric submarines itself after the United States shelved its procurement request for many years, a local newspaper reported Monday.

The United Daily News cited unidentified military sources as saying that research on submarine building has been launched and that the military is trying to acquire production know-how from abroad.

The following are excerpts from the local media coverage of the issue:

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