Taiwan’s Submarine Program Enters Rough Waters

Suspicions Beijing pulling some of the strings

By: Jens Kastner

Things have been turning for the worse for Taiwan’s indigenous submarine program, seven years in the making. It has been about half a year since the prototype of its first domestic diesel submarine began early sea trials. Last week, the head of the program, Admiral Huang Shu-kuang, resigned under a barrage of attacks from lawmakers of th…