Taiwan’s navy has commissioned its first stealth missile corvette to boost its deterrence capability and defend the island amid growing military threats from Beijing.
The multi-mission corvette Ta Jiang (PGG-619), dubbed carrier killer, was commissioned on Thursday at the same time the island’s navy took delivery of a high-speed minelayer under the supervision of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at a shipyard in Suao in northeast Taiwan.
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