Military plans to build submarine rescue shipStaff writer, with CNAThe military is planning to build a submarine rescue vessel after the completion of its first domestically built submarine prototype, a Ministry of National Defense report said. The funds would be allocated by the navy to build a vessel that would boost its submarine rescue capabilities, the report said. The indigenous submarine Hai Kun is pictured in an undated photograph. The report was released a day after Taiwan’s first indigenous defense submarine prototype, the Hai Kun (海鯤), or “Narwhal,” began its long-awaited submerged tests. When the Hai Kun is completed, a second submarine is scheduled to be built by next year, the ministry said.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2026 11:56 UTC