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A submarine-centered naval strategy for Taiwan

Taiwan's fleet is moving in a plausible direction, but more conventional submarines and distant rearming bases would strengthen sea denial.

Question

What kind of navy should Taiwan build to counter China?

Short answer

A stronger conventional-submarine force supported by distant Pacific rearming arrangements.

Notes

Taiwan is broadly moving in a sensible direction but would benefit from more diesel-electric attack submarines. Support points farther into the Pacific could let those boats rearm away from the island. Such dispersed bases would allow submarines to approach from directions the People's Liberation Army Navy might not expect. This approach turns geographic vulnerability into a sea-denial problem built around concealment, endurance, and remote logistics.