Taiwan reveals first homegrown submarine in defence milestone

[1/6] A bottle is broken against the hull of Haikun, Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, as President Tsai Ing-wen attends the submarine’s launching ceremony in Kaohsiung, Taiwan September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Acquire Licensing Rights KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Taiwan unveiled its first domestically developed submarine on Thursday, a major step in a years-long project aimed at strengthening the island’s defence and deterrence against the Chinese navy. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made the indigenous submarine program a key part of an ambitious project to modernise its armed forces as Beijing stages almost…