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