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The Tuo Chiang-class corvette (Chinese: 沱江; lit. 'Tuo River') is a Taiwanese -designed class of fast (up to 45 knots , 83 km/h, 52 mph) and stealthy multi-mission corvettes built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy .
Taiwan has commissioned two new navy ships as a safeguard against the rising threat from China, which has been ratcheting up its naval and air force missions around the island that it claims as ...
The ROC Navy's Tuo Chiang-class corvette is a class of fast stealth multi-mission corvettes currently in service with the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy. The ships are designed to have a low radar cross-section and evade radar detection making it difficult to detect the ship when operating closer to the coastline.
Its air force, navy and missile corps also respond to near-daily incursions by Chinese ships and planes. Taiwan's Defense Ministry says it is on alert for a Chinese sneak attack, possibly targeting Tsai or Vice President William Lai, who will take over the top office in May. Both are despised as separatists by Beijing.
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN; historically as the Chinese Navy or ROC Navy, colloquially the Taiwanese Navy) is the maritime branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The service was formerly commonly just called the Chinese Navy during World War II and prior to the ROC's retreat from the mainland . [ 7 ]
Taiwan launched an amphibious transport ship Tuesday that's the first from its new naval shipbuilding program begun as China escalates its threats to use military force to annex the island it ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China is deploying its largest navy fleet in regional waters in nearly three decades, posing a threat to Taiwan that is more pronounced than previous Chinese war games, the ...
The Republic of Singapore Navy's six Formidable-class frigates are of comparable size to the La Fayette class but differ from that class and the Saudi Al Riyadh class in the armament carried: in place of the Exocet is the Boeing Harpoon. The main gun is a stealth cupola equipped with an Oto Melara 76 mm gun