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Taiwan keeping watch after Chinese submarine surfaces in Taiwan Strait
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-keeping-watch-after-chinese-submarine-surfaces-taiwan-strait-2024-06-18/Taiwan keeping watch after Chinese submarine surfaces in Taiwan Strait
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee
June 18, 2024 1:42 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago
TAIPEI, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence minister said on Tuesday that they have a "grasp" of the situation after pictures appeared online of a Chinese nuclear submarine surfacing in the sensitive Taiwan Strait near Taiwanese fishermen.
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Taiwanese media published the pictures of the surfaced craft, which appears to be a nuclear-armed Jin class ballistic missile submarine, taken by a Taiwanese fishing boat in the strait as dawn broke on Tuesday, about 200 km (125 miles) from Taiwan's western coast.
Asked about the submarine, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said they have a "grasp" of the intelligence situation, but declined to say how they were monitoring it or give details.
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A security source familiar with the situation told Reuters that the submarine was most likely returning to its home port in Qingdao from the South China Sea. The source said Tuesday's incident might have been because it experienced a malfunction and was forced to surface.
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Taiwan has complained in recent years that China has been using so-called grey zone warfare designed to exhaust a foe without resorting to open combat, such as flying surveillance balloons over the island.
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By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee
June 18, 2024 1:42 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago
TAIPEI, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence minister said on Tuesday that they have a "grasp" of the situation after pictures appeared online of a Chinese nuclear submarine surfacing in the sensitive Taiwan Strait near Taiwanese fishermen.
[...]
Taiwanese media published the pictures of the surfaced craft, which appears to be a nuclear-armed Jin class ballistic missile submarine, taken by a Taiwanese fishing boat in the strait as dawn broke on Tuesday, about 200 km (125 miles) from Taiwan's western coast.
Asked about the submarine, Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said they have a "grasp" of the intelligence situation, but declined to say how they were monitoring it or give details.
[...]
A security source familiar with the situation told Reuters that the submarine was most likely returning to its home port in Qingdao from the South China Sea. The source said Tuesday's incident might have been because it experienced a malfunction and was forced to surface.
[...]
Taiwan has complained in recent years that China has been using so-called grey zone warfare designed to exhaust a foe without resorting to open combat, such as flying surveillance balloons over the island.
[...]