Taiwan has sought submarines in the West to help protect it from China—but because of economic pressure on those nations from Beijing, it was forced to build its own. Taiwan's first Indigenous Defense ...

The Hai Kun-class submarine is a class of attack submarines built by CSBC Corporation, Taiwan for the Republic of China Navy. The program is also known as the Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te boarded Taipei’s first domestically-built attack boat and highlighted the role of submarines in upholding deterrence last week during a visit to the island’s naval forces ...

Taipei’s first domestically built attack boat held its latest sea trials last month amid news of significant delays that have postponed Taiwan’s ambitious submarine program. Hai Kun (SS-711) was ...

Taiwan is absolutely right in recognizing the need for indigenously built submarines. But they’ve dropped the ball when it comes to implementation of that need. A new round of fear scenarios about an ...

Taiwanese state-owned shipbuilder CSBC Corporation confirmed that the Hai Kun had successfully conducted a shallow-water submerged navigation test, with further tests planned under the supervision of ...