Taiwan Hopes New Submarines Could Stop a Chinese Assault
The PLAN has aggressively built up its navy, and now has more than 300 warships and submarines in service.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Even a small flotilla of Taiwanese subs could penetrate the PLAN s defenses, as the hazardous conditions of the Taiwan Strait favor the concealment of the small submersible craft. Along with China s inability to conduct anti-submarine warfare (ASW) this could make any invasion of the island extremely costly.
As the People s Republic of China s People s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) continues to increase in size, which could seriously threaten the Republic of China (Taiwan), the government in Taipei has announced it will start work to build the first of eight new domestically developed submarines. On Friday, Taiwan said it would move forward on the long-mooted project to bolster the island nation s defenses in the wake of China s rapidly modernizing military.