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Taiwan's leadership standing in front of a model of a new type of submarine at a shipyward.
Then-Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen receives a submarine model in front of Taiwan's first locally built submarine "Narwhal" during the vessel's unveiling ceremony at the CSBC Corporation shipbuilding company in Kaohsiung on September 28, 2023.

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  • Taiwan plans to spend billions of dollars on seven more submarines in the next 14 years.
  • Its first domestically built submarine was unveiled last fall and will undergo sea trials soon.
  • Taiwan hopes to employ its fleet to deter an increasingly aggressive China.

Taiwan is pushing forward its plans to build a new submarine fleet to deter China, with seven vessels planned over the next 14 years.

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Military & Defense, Defense, Taiwan, China
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