Taiwan Readies Prototype of First Indigenous Submarine

Only a fraction of China’s huge sub fleet, it’s envisioned as a ‘poison shrimp’

By: Jens Kastner

Seven years in the making, Taiwan’s prototype of its first self-built diesel submarine is being readied for early sea trials in the southern port city of Kaohsiung in early October, a significant achievement, as the government has for decades sought to build up a submarine fleet but struggled to realize its goal. Its principal arms suppl…