President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday presided over the launch of Taiwan's first Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) "Narwhal" at a ceremony in Kaohsiung and labeled the event a crucial moment in Taiwan's mission to produce domestic subs and achieve "defense autonomy."
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