After years of setbacks spanning construction, launch, and sea trials, the vessel has gained momentum in recent months. A successful torpedo-firing exercise in early May gave defen......
Taiwan's legislature has yet to reach consensus on a proposed eight-year, NT$1.25 trillion special defense appropriations bill—formally titled the Special Act for Strengthening D......
Taiwan's first homegrown submarine, Hai Kun (海鯤號), headed back out to sea Tuesday for the most consequential stretch of its trial program yet — a live torpedo-firing test that must......
Retired Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan says even a multinational escort effort would restore only a fraction of normal oil transit through the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring how diffic......
Taiwan has invested NT$50 billion (approx. US$1.54 billion) into building the indigenous submarine Hai Kun (海鯤號), which is currently undergoing an intense phase of Sea Acceptance T......
As Taiwan's first domestically built submarine, Hai Kun (海鯤號), moves through sea acceptance trials, attention is fixed not only on the vessel itself but on the small, insular force......
Taiwan's first domestically-built submarine, the Hai Kun, recently completed its surface navigation tests, with the manufacturing company stating that the vessel will soon proceed ......
Taiwan's navy has moved plans to acquire a domestically developed maritime reconnaissance drone out of the regular defense budget and into President Lai Ching-te(賴清德)'s proposed sp......
