TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine, the Hai Kun, left Kaohsiung Port on Tuesday to begin sea trials. The vessel, with hull number 711, departed the CSBC shipyard around 8 a.m., ...

The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) has signed a contract with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to acquire two more Invincible-class submarines, growing its fleet to six from 2034 onwards. The procurement ...

HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division reached a significant milestone in the construction of the Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) by serving its first meal onboard, which was ...

The submarine requested and obtained permission to sail in a loop three times in the seas off the Port of Kaohsiung, records obtained by the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times ’ sister ...

This picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) on June 17, 2025 shows the Hai Kun class submarine, Taiwan’s first domestically built submarine, carrying out first tests ...

An infographic shows a U.S. Virginia-class nuclear submarine, plus a delivery schedule to Australia under the 2021 AUKUS agreement, according to details set out in a U.S. congressional research paper.

The Pentagon is reviewing America’s role in a historic, multibillion-dollar pact among Washington, the United Kingdom and Australia to ward off China’s growing influence. The widely supported ...

Under Aukus, Australia was scheduled to make a $2bn (£1.47bn) payment in 2025 to the US to help boost its submarine shipyards and speed up lagging production rates of Virginia-class submarines to ...