‘Stealth’ frigate handed over to Taiwan's Navy

Taiwan's Navy yesterday took possession of the island’s first self-developed missile-carrying “stealth” corvette.

The ship has been described by the Taiwanese media as an aircraft carrier killer and the 500-tonne twin-hull vessel, Tuo Jiang, was built by the Taiwanese shipbuilding company Lung Teh.

The handover to the navy took place at Suao, a fishing port in the eastern part of Taiwan, and comes after the mainland has objected to the US sale of four Perry-class frigates to the island.

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