DEFENSE / On-time delivery of prototype sub 'extremely challenging': Defense chief
10/13/2025 01:40 PM
Taiwan's Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said Monday that it would be "extremely challenging" for a local shipbuilder to meet the November deadline for the delivery of an indigenous submarine prototype.
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