The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan arranged a confidential itinerary yesterday to inspect the "sealing" stage of the entire ship of the prototype of a national-made submarine built by a Taiwan shipping company.

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If the berth test goes well, the sea test will be handed over to the Navy in advance

[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Taipei Report] The national-made submarine is an important piece of the puzzle for the Tsai Ing-wen government to promote national defense independence. The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan arranged a confidential trip yesterday to inspect the entire ship "enclosure" of the prototype ship of the national-made submarine built by the Taiwanese shipping company. "stage.

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Wang Dingyu said in an interview that the current construction is proceeding according to the schedule, and that the prototype ship can be launched as early as September this year, "we are full of confidence."

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It is understood that the construction progress of the national-made submarine prototype ship, which was originally classified as extremely confidential, has recently started warm-up actions under the promotion of the relevant principals. In March, members of the National Defense Security Research Institute and domestic shipbuilding scholars were arranged to go to Taiwan to listen to the briefing Afterwards, some scholars wrote books in related media to share their "knowledge".

The Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of the Legislative Yuan conducted a confidential trip yesterday to Kaohsiung City to investigate the construction of a national-made submarine prototype ship by a Taiwan shipping company.

It is pointed out that Huang Shuguang, an advisory member of the National Security Council and former chief of staff responsible for supervising the national submarine manufacturing policy, Zheng Wenlong, chairman of the Taiwan Shipping Company, and Lieutenant General Shao Weiyang, counselor of the Ministry of National Defense, and others personally explained that the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party A total of six legislators from the National Defense Committee participated in the inspection.

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhao Tianlin pointed out in an interview yesterday that in the past, people from all walks of life had doubts about whether the "red zone equipment" for state-made submarines could be obtained. , the construction progress is also progressing as scheduled, and the prototype ship will be launched in September. "I have great confidence."

Wang Dingyu said that the construction process of the prototype ship encountered the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic and the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian War, coupled with various obstructions and blockades by China, the submarine manufacturing team can still make all raw materials and components in place as scheduled, and carry out the submarine according to the schedule. Made in China, it deserves the affirmation of the Chinese people.

Wang Dingyu revealed that the prototype ship is expected to be launched in September, and the port test (HAT) will be launched immediately. After the test is passed, the next stage of the sea test (SAT) will be carried out. If everything goes well, the ship will be delivered even earlier than the current estimated time. to the Navy.