The chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association said that the Haikun can be handed over after completing the mine control and launch.

Ji Dongyun, chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association, took the Stegosaurus-class submarine as an example. After the Haikun completed the mine control and launch in May this year, it "can actually be handed over to the ship." (File photo)

[Reporter Hong Dinghong/Kaohsiung Report] The submarine Haikun has not been tested at sea for more than 1.5 months, once again raising concerns about delayed delivery. However, Ji Dongyun, chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association, took the Stegosaurus-class submarine as an example. After the Haikun completed the mine control and launch in May this year, it "can actually be handed over to the ship."

Ji Dongyun pointed out that looking back at the process of manufacturing Stegosaurus-class submarines in the Netherlands, the construction of Hailong and Haihu started in 1982 and were launched in 1986. Hailong was delivered first in October 1987 and became an army in December of the same year; Haihu was delivered in April 1988 and became an army in July of the same year.

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Ji Dongyun emphasized that when the two submarines were shipped back to Taiwan, there were still missing improvement projects. However, since the mine control had been completed and the minimum threshold for ship delivery had been reached, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, it was decided to ship them back to Taiwan as soon as possible. Therefore, "not all defects must be improved before the ship can be delivered."

However, outsiders have questioned that the Haikun has 6 torpedo tubes, but in May this year it only launched 2 mines, and 4 torpedo tubes have not been tested. Ji Dongyun explained that during the Haikun test in the port, wooden dumb torpedoes were used to test the mechanical properties of six torpedo tubes.

In addition, the test of mine control is to find the target from the sonar, transfer the information to the combat system for interpretation, and then send the parameters to the mine control, and finally hit the target, which means that there is no problem in this series of engagement procedures.

Therefore, Ji Dongyun has been asked by the media many times about the delivery date of the Haikun. He once emphasized that because there has been a submarine test and the mines were successfully fired, it means that it is ready for battle and basically meets the minimum threshold for ship delivery. In particular, the Haikun has equipment from at least 8 countries and needs to be integrated together. It is a "practical ship" and must be modified. This is normal and will take time to verify.