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Taiwan’s New Domestic Frigate Project Hits Roadblock
According to local media, Taiwan’s project to build the 4500-ton new generation frigate has been stalled due to budget issues.
11 April 2022
According to local media, Taiwan’s project to build the 4500-ton new generation frigate has been stalled due to budget issues.
Taiwanese media Liberty Times Net stated on February 22, 2022, that Taiwan’s plan to purchase 12 MH-60R ASW Helicopters may be on hold.
The Taiwanese navy (ROC Navy) provisioned a 43.1 billion New Taiwan Dollar (1.37 billion USD) budget to upgrade its 6 La Fayette type, Kang Ding-class, frigates from 2022.
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.
On January 11, Taiwan’s parliament approved a NT$236.95 billion (US$8.55 billion) special budget for weapons procurement.
Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) took delivery of its third Anping-class patrol vessel and launched the 4th ship of the class on October 28 2021.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) submitted a budget proposal of NT$471.7 billion (US$17.05 billion) to the parliament for the procurement of defense systems on August 31.
Taiwan’s government has approved the 2022 national defense budget. The total defense budget for 2022 is estimated to be NT$372.6 billion (US$13.34 billion), a 3% increase from 2021.
August 4, 2021, Taiwan’s defense ministry-own media, Military News Agency reported that CSBC Corporation held a steel cutting ceremony of ROC Navy’s new rescue and salvage ship (ARS).
July 21,2021, Taiwanese media Liberty Times Net (LTN) reported that the first prototype of Taiwan’s Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) is expected to be launched in September 2023.
