Bloomberg: Taiwan Launches Homegrown Submarine Program to Counter China
* CSBC Corp. expects to deliver fully equipped vessel by 2024
* ‘You need to help yourself before getting help,’ Tsai says
President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan had no choice but to build its own submarine fleet as she promoted a deal to deploy the first vessel in less than a decade.
Tsai touted the contract with CSBC Corp., Taiwan, on Tuesday during a visit to a naval base in the southern city of Kaohsiung as a necessary step to improve the island’s defenses. The company plans to deliver the first diesel-electric model in 2024, with deployment expected a year or two later.
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