Taiwan has successfully completed its first-ever underwater sea trial for its indigenously developed submarine on Thursday. The trial also marks a major defense milestone, aiming to strengthen its deterrence against the regional tensions and protect its significant sea lanes. In the wake of growing regional issues, Taiwan’s domestic submarine programme underpins its ambitious project to modernise the armed forces. Taiwan has been building homegrown submarines based on the technology and expertise, drawing from the US and UK. In this project which is originally based on the construction of eight submarines, the first submarine named the Narwhal, had completed a “shallow-water...