TAIPEI, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Taiwan has allocated T$3 billion ($92. The spending was set out in the defence ministry’s budget for 2016 and seen by Reuters.
The plan come as other navies in the regional expand their submarine fleets in part to create a strategic deterrent against China’s growing naval assertiveness in Asian waters.
The expected allocation is the first for smartphone a plan that has been talked about since the early 2000s, when a deal with the United States for eight diesel-electric submarines got bogged down because of technical and technonews political constraints.
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Critical to Taiwan’s indigenous submarine programme is the transfer from the United States or other Western countries of submarine-manufacturing technology. 55 million) over four years, beginning next year, to launch a long-awaited programme for the island to build its own diesel-electric submarines. China opposes any form of military technological transfers or weapons sales to Taiwan.
China has about 70 submarines, along with dozens of surface ships and a refurbished aircraft carrier. Taiwan has four aging submarines, including two that date to World War Two, although its military is otherwise considered generally modern. Taiwan lacks submarine design skills, the ministry stated in its budget plan.
By carrying out this first phase, Taiwan will be able to deepen its vessel design capabilities, develop its industry and acquire intellectual property, it said. companies or release of export technology controls would need a nod from the U. Taiwan’s Ship and Ocean Industries R Editing by Robert Birsel) 4150 Taiwan dollars) (Reporting by J.
