Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy revealed the first domestically produced submarine, Haikun (Narwhal) today. It was first proposed in 2016 and expected to enter service in 2 years, great to see this engineering feat succeed 🥳 for context, Republic of China operates 4 submarines for its territories, from the Netherlands (old) and US (very old)

It is quite a feat, Taiwanese are no slouches at shipbuilding. What is impressive is how ROC Navy can coordinate with contractors around the world on its own accord despite global tensions to bring the project to life. There is a lot of rhetoric to promote the domestic defense industry these days, it has its positives and negatives. Sadly as amazing as submarines are, submarines can't fight off currency debasement

Perhaps one day Taiwanese will become aware to choose to invest some time and resources (tax dollars) on a superior form of power projection as a means to establish it's sovereignty instead, Bitcoin 🤭