The Taiwan Navy is expected to accept 18 torpedoes required to purchase the first homemade submarine from the United States in 2025. It is reported that each torpedo is priced at nearly $ 10 million (about S $ 13.36 million) per fish.
According to the Taiwan China Times Monday (May 15), the first homemade submarine prototype ship is expected to be launched in late September.By a year and a half, it is almost September 2024, and March 2025.The 18 models deployed by prototype ship MK-48-6 heavy torpedo, torpedo and related equipment, purchased US $ 180 million from the United States, equivalent to $ 10 million per fish torpedo.The Taiwan Navy is expected to be deployed in 2025, which will be deployed, half a year later than the original plan.
It is reported that the MK-48-6 heavy torpedo deployed by the first homemade submarine in Taiwan reached 55 knots at the highest speed.%, The maximum range also increased by 25 %.After the performance of Taiwan's Jianlong-class submarine, it also replaced all the US MK-48-6 heavy torpedo.
The first homemade submarine in Taiwan uses lead -acid batteries, which can be voyage for 100 hours underwater. In other words, when Taiwan ’s homemade submarine fights, it can be used for four days in the set ambush area.The underwater time is long.The Taiwan Shipping Corporation is also developing a lithium battery, which is about 2.5 times that of lead -acid batteries, and can stay underwater for 250 hours.
