As the 2016 presidential election edges closer, Taiwan's desire to build submarines at home has gained attention, with one submarine expert suggesting that Taiwan start with small 500-ton vessels.
Wang Jyh-perng, a Navy captain and associate research fellow at the Association for Managing Defense and Strategies, said Monday that for a beginner like Taiwan, building small ships would allow it to avoid the high costs in developing and producing submarines as big as the 3,000-ton Swordfish-class diesel sub it owns now.
It would also be easier for Taiwan to acquire the technologies needed if it aimed at smaller targets, Wang said while addressing a national defense policy blue paper released by the opposition Democratic Progressive Party last week.
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