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‘We did it’: Taiwan’s new sea monster of a submarine sends deterrence message to China
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President Tsai Ing-wen (centre) at the launch ceremony of Taiwan's first domestically built submarine in Kaohsiung on Sept 28, 2023.
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TAIPEI - In the event of an invasion of Taiwan, the island would have the protection of a mythical sea monster as powerful as it is massive.
This, at least, is the image projected in the naming of Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine “Hai Kun”
