(Kaohsiung/Beijing Comprehensive News) Taiwan's first self -made submarine "Haijie Warship" officially launched in Kaohsiung on Thursday (September 28).Tsai Ing -wen, who presided over the water ceremony, said that this is an important equipment for the asymmetry and combat power of the navy, and it also sets a new milestone for the national defense independence.
Comprehensive Free Times and other Taiwan media reports, Tsai Ing -wen hosted the naming and launch ceremony of the "Haijie Warship" (Way No. 711) in the Kaohsiung Factory of Taiwan Ship.
Tsai Ing -wen emphasized in his speech that history will remember this day.She said that in the past, the "submarine country created" was considered an impossible task, but now it has done it, and it is emphasized that the "submarine country creation" is not only the goal, but also a specific practice that firmly protects Taiwan.
Tsai Ing -wen also said that the submarine is an important equipment for the Taiwan Navy's strategic and tactical development of asymmetric combat power.No matter how many challenges, Taiwan must take this step. "
It is reported that the confidentiality of the ceremony was strictly confidential, and the Haiyu only revealed that the ship was revealed, and the methamphetamine facilities such as the detonation tubes were covered.However, the prototypes were broadcast on the scene to disclose experimental processes such as ship models, submarine, and shocks.
Taiwan experts: The submarine will be an effective anti -blocking equipment
Haiyu invested NT $ 49.3 billion (S $ 2.96 billion), which lasted for three years. It was driven by firewood electric power and 18 MK-48 torpedoes.Huang Shuguang, the chief director of the construction of the prototype ship and the National Security Council member of Taiwan, introduced that the Haiji will be launched on October 1st to test the Hong Kong test. The maritime test will be performed in April next year. It is expected that the test will be completed by the end of next year.
Liberty Times reported that Su Ziyun, a scholar of the Ministry of National Defense and the National Defense Security Research Institute, analyzed that the submarine can block the bus strait when necessary, blocking the PLA threatened to threaten eastern Taiwan.Effective equipment for anti -blocking.
Lin Yingyou, assistant professor at the Institute of International Affairs and Strategy of Tamkang University, also told the United Daily that if Taiwan can have a certain amount of underwater combat power, it can be countermeasure when the People's Liberation Army approaches to strive for more time.In addition, the deployment of the submarine may also allow the PLA to re -calculate the allocation of troops, which is an important part of Taiwan's hopes to form a heavy layer of scare.
Lu and the Ministry of Defense: It's just a dream of a car as a car.
According to a press release on the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Mainland China, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Wu Qian responded to a question about the launch of the Haiyu on Thursday that this "is just that this is a car, and it will eventually go for death."
Wu Qian also said that Taiwan hopes to prevent the PLA from entering the Pacific.
