The Haikun test enters the final stage and is expected to be delivered before the end of the year

The Haikun test enters the final stage. (Photo by reporter Li Huizhou)

[Reporter Hong Chenhong/Kaohsiung Report] The state-made submarine Haikun (hull number SS-711) went to sea for testing again today (2). Ji Dongyun (Zhuge Fengyun), chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association, said that Haikun The Haikun will go out to sea for testing every week in the future to achieve the goal of the Navy and Taiwan ships being delivered by the end of the year; he emphasized that after the Haikun is delivered, it still needs to undergo tactical verification, and it may take more than a year to establish Taiwan's underwater combat capabilities.

Ji Dongyun said that the Haikun is undergoing its 23rd sea test today and its 17th submarine test. After the original manufacturer's technical association adjusted various instruments based on the conditions found in the previous sea tests, it has now reached the last few subjects of the test. All conditions are as stated by the Navy and Taiwanese ships, and the ship is expected to be delivered before the end of the year. The ship delivery period is based on safety as the premise, and various tests are gradually completed. In the next few weeks, Haikun will go to sea for testing every week to complete the pre-delivery preparations as soon as possible.

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The Haikun test has entered an intensive stage. (Photo by reporter Li Huizhou)

The Haikun continues to conduct sea tests and strives to deliver the ship before the year. (Photo by reporter Li Huizhou)

Ji Dongyun said that Taiwan Shipbuilding has repeatedly emphasized that although it is fined up to 190,000 yuan per day, it will gradually complete the required tests in accordance with the test progress under the premise of safety. He said that before the end of the year, the Chinese people can see the continuous completion of the delivery of a number of weapons, and the national military's combat power has also grown by leaps and bounds. However, the Haikun is the first self-made submarine. , the testing, optimization, and follow-up evaluation work required by it is very complicated and needs to be completed step by step. It is not as everyone imagines that combat readiness can be implemented immediately after the ship is delivered. It requires a lot of tactical verification to gradually complete the combat capability. It will take half a year, or even more than a year, to gradually establish the underwater combat capability Taiwan needs.

During the sea test on May 6 this year, the Haikun completed mine operation and firing to verify the combat capabilities of the combat system's detection, calculation, launch and torpedo guidance. Taiwan Shipbuilding Chairman Chen Zhenghong once publicly stated that the Haikun is already a combat-capable submarine.

Taiwan Ship stated that after completing the above-mentioned tests, the ship will be handed over to the shipowner (the Navy) for tactical evaluation. The Haikun will go to the exercise area to combine technical and tactical test evaluations to verify that it meets the overall combat capability. The test items include weapon firing, single-ship tactical application test, multi-ship cooperative combat test, and long-term cruising maturity test.