Taiwan’s first self-built 600-ton frigate "Anping" was launched in Kaohsiung in the morning. Since the ship has a "peacetime and wartime conversion" function, its law enforcement role can be converted to perform military defense tasks, the Oceanographic Commission declared, The Anping and other 12 ships of the same type will have "strong strength to maintain security in the Taiwan Strait and regional peace."
"The joint ceremony for the launch of the first 600-ton frigate, the start of construction of the third and the delivery of the third 35-ton patrol boat" was held in Kaohsiung in the morning. The ceremony was presided over by Chen Chimai, Taiwan's "Deputy President of the Executive Yuan", and the "Ocean Affairs Commission Chairman Li Zhongwei, Fleet Administrator Xie Qingqin and others attended the ceremony.
The "Ocean Commission" issued a press release in the morning stating that the newly built 600-ton frigate is based on the design basis of the Navy's Tuojiang ship. Based on the nature of maritime patrol service, mission characteristics and usage requirements, it has been moderately improved and optimized into a maritime patrol module, and a high-pressure water tank has been added. Cannon, enhance the strength and stability of the hull structure; at the same time, reserve missile system pipelines, with the function of converting between peacetime and wartime, and have strong strength to maintain security in the Taiwan Strait and regional peace.
The first 600-ton frigate "Anping Ship" in the future is planned to be deployed in the Mobile Coast Guard in the southern part of the island. It is expected to be completed and delivered in October this year, two months ahead of schedule, and will be put into fishery protection and rights protection tasks in the southern waters.
12 600-ton frigates for maritime patrol and law enforcement will be built one after another. Not only are they equipped with rockets, but each ship has pipelines reserved for the navy anti-ship missiles and personnel to be stationed in during wartime. This is equivalent to 12 more missile patrol ships during wartime. ship. The official declared that the law enforcement ship has the capability to maintain regional peace, showing the intention of using the ship to "convert peacetime to war".
Relevant officials pointed out that in order to meet the Taiwan Strait defense operational environment and the needs of "peacetime and wartime transition", some new coastal patrol ships will adopt the carrier design of the navy's new ships, reserving energy for the rapid installation of weapons and guidance and control systems to meet the needs of peacetime. War conversion needs. Once there is a need for defense operations in the Taiwan Strait, the coast guard ship can be equipped with weapon systems in the shortest possible time and a weapons operation team can be dispatched to board the ship. At that time, it can switch from its law enforcement role to performing military defense tasks.
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