2023-09-14 09:51:00
Taiwan’s Keelung warship (Yuanfang warship) and the U.S. Gide-class destroyer monitored the Shandong ship that appeared in Taiwanese waters in September.Provided by the Department of Defense
(Reporters Wang Qiuyan, Wang Jionghua/Comprehensive Report) Taiwan’s former chief of staff Huang Shuguang gave a rare exclusive interview to Japanese media, revealing that Taiwan’s first domestically-made submarine is expected to begin port testing in October and is scheduled to be completed by April 1 next year. He emphasized that establishing a powerful submarine fleet can prevent Taiwan from being completely surrounded and isolated by the Chinese Communist Party.
In order to prevent Taiwan from being surrounded, Huang Shuguang emphasized that “Taiwan should share the intelligence information of the People’s Liberation Army of the Communist Party of China with the United States, Japan, and the Philippines.”
On the 14th, the Japanese media “Nikkei Asia” published an exclusive interview with Huang Shuguang, convener of Taiwan’s domestic submarine production team and advisory committee member of the National Security Council. Huang Shuguang quoted the famous saying of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, “If Taiwan has trouble, Japan has trouble.” But I have slightly changed it to, “Taiwan is safe, and Japan will be fine.”
Huang Shuguang, former chief of staff of Taiwan.File photo
Huang Shuguang pointed out that Taiwan has a key geographical location in the Indo-Pacific strategy. It connects Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and China. Once Taiwan is lost, China’s military power will be able to enter the Pacific and directly cut off important trade shipping routes of Japan and South Korea. China can do whatever it wants in the South China Sea.
Huang Shuguang emphasized that if Taiwan is captured, Japan’s development and survival will face the same level of risks. Russia, North Korea (North Korea) and China will be able to join forces to threaten Japan and South Korea.
“Nikkei Asia” reported that Taiwan’s northeastern waters and the southern waters in the Bashi Strait between Orchid Island and Yami Island in the Philippines are two strategic defense locations that the Taiwan authorities attach great importance to.
Huang Shuguang said: “Once cross-strait war breaks out, China will rely on possible support from Russia to send its navy from the East China Sea to block Japan and the United States. The People’s Liberation Army of the Chinese Communist Party will want to surround and isolate Taiwan, and then adopt a quick-war strategy. Taiwan’s domestically-made submarines will “In time, a powerful submarine fleet will be able to prevent the Chinese navy from completely blocking these two waterways.”
Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine is scheduled to hold a launching and naming ceremony on September 28. Huang Shuguang revealed that the ship will conduct HAT (port test) on October 1, which is scheduled to be completed on April 1, 2024, and then conduct SAT (sea test).
“Ling Media” reporters obtained internal military information that SAT will not be conducted until April 1 next year. HAT and SAT will take one year to one year and six months. Therefore, the first prototype ship will be launched in October 2024 at the earliest, and the final Slowly, the SAT will be completed in April 2025, which is seven months ahead of schedule for the ship’s delivery after the SAT test was completed in November 2025, according to the original domestic submarine plan.
Stegosaurus-class dive in Port Aberdeen.Ship information photos
Huang Shuguang also revealed that Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine is a diesel-electric submarine equipped with MK-48 torpedoes. It will also plan to build 7 submarines. In addition to the existing two, there will be a total of 10 submarines. Once the Chinese fleet reaches eastern Taiwan, this fleet can block the Chinese navy’s supply lines.
Huang Shuguang said: “If China has the ability to encircle Taiwan, Taiwan will be doomed. Once Taiwan is completely surrounded, it will be doomed. The longer the cross-strait war drags on, the more detrimental it will be to China. Not only Japan, but the whole world will be affected.”
Huang Shuguang called on, “We (Taiwan) should establish a mutual reporting system with Japan, the United States, and the Philippines to jointly share information on China’s military activities collected in the region.”
Ling Media original website:Exclusive/Huang Shuguang confirmed that the first domestically-made submarine will dock in port for testing on October 1. Military sources revealed that it will conduct sea testing in April next year.
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