Tsai Ing-wen touches a ceremonial orb to inaugurate the production of domestically-made submarines. AP Previous NextTaiwan's president inaugurated the production of domestically made submarines in Kaohsiung - a step forward for the island's defense strategy at a time of elevated tensions with Beijing. "This submarine is an important part of allowing our navy to develop asymmetric warfare and to intimidate and block enemy ships from surrounding Taiwan's main island,'' President Tsai Ing-wen said. Tsai has made boosting Taiwan's indigenous defense capacity a central pillar of defense policy. Only a handful of countries are capable of manufacturing submarines, and Taiwan's turn that way has taken years.

Source: The Standard November 24, 2020 19:07 UTC