The evolution of Taiwan submarine procurement policy

• Main Authors: Yen-Hao Cheng, 程彥豪
• Other Authors: Chin-Nung Chuang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/x4z94j

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 政治學研究所 === 106 === The concealment and strategic nature of the submarine in the ocean has a great deterrent effect if China violates Taiwan. However, Taiwan has only two combat submarines and two training ones, and there is a serious lack of underwater combat power. In order to improve this situation, the Republic of China Navy officially signed a contract with Taiwanese ships company on March 1, 2017 to launch a submarine national construction plan. The next year, the U.S.A. Trump administration agreed to provide Taiwan’s national submarine-related system in a commercial manner. "Marketing Approval" with a marketing license. Taiwan has committed to acquiring submarines for 30 years before that. Taiwan hope to acquire submarines by military purchases, but it was never able to do so; although President Bush once agreed to arms out Taiwan’s eight submarines, but is was affected by Taiwan’s political situation. When it was put on hold, it caused the US to question Taiwan’s self-defense. During the eight-year term of President Ma Ying-jeou and the Kuomintang''s administration had close communications with China and didn''t want military purchases touch the red line of the China government. The negative attitude towards the submarine procurement case made the Taiwan Navy unable to succeed in purchasing submarines for the United States. After 2018 party alternation, President Tsai Ing-wen changed the strategy of the former government to "pour in the middle", keep a distance from China for national security. President Tsai also promoted national defense autonomy and adhered to the policy of submarine national creation. Taiwan Navy clearly set out the successful launch of the first national submarine in 2025. The goal is to build Taiwan''s underwater fleet in the form of national submarines. Submarines are highly sensitive with the expensive price hundreds of billions of dollars. Taiwan''s procurement of submarines touches the sensitive nerves among the three sides of the US, China ,and Taiwan. There is no submarine manufacturing experience in Taiwan. It also needs more major weapons exporting countries, especially United States, to agree to support. This study further explores the different views of the two president of R.O.C.,Taiwan on military procurement, by the failure of the foreign procurement policy of the Ma Ying-jeou government and the process analysis of the Tsai-English government changed the policy. Which contains the differences of national identity between two presidents makes the gap of national defense security approval and military procurement policy. It also finds that The impact of changes in interaction with China on Taiwan’s acquisition of submarines; And how Taiwan regained the US trust and assisted Taiwan’s submarine national manufacturing policy.