Taiwan submarine program faces mounting questions over tactical merits

Opponents yet to offer alternative, but experts urge more asymmetric reforms

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Members of Taiwan's navy pose for pictures next to the Narwhal, Taiwan's first domestically built submarine, in Kaohsiung on Sept. 28, 2023. © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- Taiwan faces fresh questions over its most ambitious defense program -- a government plan to build seven more submarines -- as opposition parties push back and some experts call for complementary reforms.

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