Taiwan's first domestically-built submarine misses delivery deadline

Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corp has missed the deadline for completing Taiwan's first domestically-made submarine, the defence minister said Monday.

The vessel is part of a submarine programme launched in 2016 that aims to deliver a fleet of eight vessels, but opposition lawmakers have criticised the repeated delays in the project.

Taiwan is seeking to upgrade its defences to deter China, which claims the democratic island is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to annex it.

Sea trials of the submarine began in June, nearly two years after it was first unveiled.

The original target was to wrap up testing by September 30 and deliver the submarine by the end of November, the navy said previously.

But

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