TAIWAN: Taiwan’s President launched the island’s first domestically made submarine for testing at a port in Kaohsiung on Thursday. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will be a major breakthrough for Taiwan in shipbuilding and design.
“In the past, a domestic submarine was considered impossible, but today our submarine is in front of you,” President Tsai Ing-wen said at the launch ceremony.
“It is the concrete realisation of our resolution to protect our country,” she added.