Taiwan on best defense track: expert
By Aaron Tu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Asymmetrical warfare and groups of warships, together with land-based missiles on trucks, still constitute Taiwan’s best national defense strategy, a security analyst said yesterday.
Su Tzu-yun (蘇紫雲), an associate research fellow at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research, made the comments following Monday’s launch ceremony for a second Tuo Jiang-class corvette.
The navy is expected to receive delivery of the new corvette in 2025, following sea trials, with two more corvettes expected to follow.
The Coast Guard Administration’s (CGA) requisition of 12 Anping-class corvettes similar to the Tuo Jiang, but with added facilities and equipment for rescue operations are expected to be delivered by 2026, along with a prototype from the indigenous submarine program.
Coast guard takes delivery of new missile corvette, patrol boat
12/11/2020 05:06 PM
The CG-601 Anping. CNA photo Dec. 11, 2020
Kaohsiung, Dec. 11 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Friday touted Taiwan s indigenous ship program as the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) took delivery of a new missile corvette and a patrol vessel during a ceremony in Kaohsiung.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tsai reiterated that the government will continue to enhance Taiwan s indigenous shipbuilding capabilities as part of its efforts to further strengthen the country s national defenses.
The addition of the new vessels showcases Taiwan s determination to defend its territorial waters, she said, highlighting the increasing occurrence of Chinese dredgers that have trespassed into Taiwanese waters to extract sand from areas near the Matsu Islands this year.
Homegrown boat, missile corvette join coast guard
NO LENIENCY: The coast guard’s new vessels show the nation’s determination in defending its territorial waters, including from sand dredging, President Tsai said
Staff Writer, with CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday lauded the nation’s indigenous shipbuilding program as the Coast Guard Administration took delivery of a new missile corvette and a new patrol vessel at a ceremony in Kaohsiung.
Tsai said at the ceremony that the government would continue to enhance the nation’s shipbuilding capabilities as part of its efforts to bolster national defenses.
The addition of the new vessels showcases the nation’s determination to defend its territorial waters, she said, highlighting the increasing occurrence of Chinese dredgers trespassing into Taiwanese waters to extract sand from areas near the Matsu Islands.