01.02.2022, 10:26
Zitat:Taiwan To Complete IDS Submarine Pressure Hull Assembly By Junehttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...y-by-june/
According to the latest Taiwanese cabinet report, the assembly of pressure hull blocks for the indigenous submarine is expected to be finished by the end of June 2022. [...] According to the report, the assembly of the submarine’s pressure hull blocks would be completed by the end of June 2022. The keel of the submarine (also known as the Indigenous Defense Submarine, IDS) was laid in November 2021. [...]
The development of a submarine construction facility at the CSBC shipyard in Kaohsiung began in May 2019. The facility’s development was completed around a year later, in November 2020. Taiwanese media reported in May 2020 that there is a need for Italian-made submarine construction equipment; thus, this need was indicated to the Italian national security and intelligence authorities, because the equipment was suspected of containing sensitive technology in March 2020, but was eventually exported to Taiwan without incident. [...]
According to various local media sources, the prototype is likely to be launched ahead of schedule in September 2023. The first submarine is scheduled to be delivered to the ROC Navy in 2024.
Schneemann