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The vessel's ability to carry a powerful heavyweight torpedo capable of defeating ships and submarines — the US-made Mark 48, or Mk-48 — is a real eye-catching feature. The vessel — its English name "Narwhal" and Mandarin name "Hai Kun" — is the first sub of the island's Indigenous Defense Submarine program, a top priority in Taipei. AdvertisementAdvertisementTaiwan President Tsai Ing-wen receiving 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 in September. US Navy/MC1 Michael B ZingaroOriginally designed in the late 1960s and deployed in the late 1980s, the Mk-48 torpedo was intended to counter advances in Soviet submarine technology. These considerations make the Mk-48 torpedo key.
Persons: , Tom Shugart, who's, they're, Tsai Ing, Bryan Clark, Clark, Donald Trump, Michael B, It's, Shugart, MCSN Jaimar Carson, Huang Shu, kuang, they've, Philip Davidson, Michael B Zingaro, it's, Huang, wouldn't Organizations: China, Service, US, Center, New, New American Security, Indigenous Defense, CSBC Corporation, SAM, Getty, US Navy, Hudson Institute, Army, Pacific Command, Tomahawk, Maritime Locations: Taiwan, bulking, New American, Kaohsiung, Taipei, AFP, Los Angeles, Columbia, Soviet, Jefferson City, Beijing, China, Ukraine
The vessel's ability to carry a powerful heavyweight torpedo capable of defeating ships and submarines — the US-made Mark 48, or Mk-48 — is a real eye-catching feature. The vessel — its English name "Narwhal" and Mandarin name "Hai Kun" — is the first sub of the island's Indigenous Defense Submarine program, a top priority in Taipei. AdvertisementAdvertisementTaiwan President Tsai Ing-wen receiving 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 in September. US Navy/MC1 Michael B ZingaroOriginally designed in the late 1960s and deployed in the late 1980s, the Mk-48 torpedo was intended to counter advances in Soviet submarine technology. These considerations make the Mk-48 torpedo key.
Persons: , Tom Shugart, who's, they're, Tsai Ing, Bryan Clark, Clark, Donald Trump, Michael B, It's, Shugart, MCSN Jaimar Carson, Huang Shu, kuang, they've, Philip Davidson, Michael B Zingaro, it's, Huang, wouldn't Organizations: China, Service, US, Center, New, New American Security, Indigenous Defense, CSBC Corporation, SAM, Getty, US Navy, Hudson Institute, Army, Pacific Command, Tomahawk, Maritime Locations: Taiwan, bulking, New American, Kaohsiung, Taipei, AFP, Los Angeles, Columbia, Soviet, Jefferson City, Beijing, China, Ukraine
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