Vlad Plasmius
Junior Member
Taiwan hasn't built any subs of its own as far as I know. They only have four. Two of the guppy class and two of the Zwaardvis class. The Zwaardvis class is their newest one, but it's 70s technology and been around for 20 years. Taiwan can't do much in the way of defending themselves with their current sub force. most likely Taiwan won't get anything particularly impressive and it'll be a decade before they get it. By then, China will have dozens of Kilos, Yuans, and Songs, plus a new type of sub or two. They'll also have far better ASW and naval capabilities. Taiwan is well behind China here. That's not good, either. That means China can easily take out Taiwanese shipping and enforce a blockade. It's hard to break a blockade if you're blocked by three dozen subs, a dozen destroyers, and whatever else China will have by then..