Thank you @Afif
Could you remember the official explanation?
Yeah. Could only be a political maneuver to steer away from a possible Chinese rage.
Because Taiwan made the order seem suspicious, it didn't fit to total planned new builds or upgrades and since ZOKA is a dispensable countermeasure, they neither ordered in logical amounts.Thank you @Afif
Then the next question is why did not Turkey approve this sale to Taiwan
Naturally, I’d right away assume it was political rather than ZOKA being a critical system.
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Exactly!
To be fair, if @Anmdt 's info is right, it was more than that. And even so, I can understand not wanting to piss China off. We are constantly on the knife's edge with the Western powers and we know that we can barely trust them. So, I don't mind having at least one country with good industrial capability (possibly) on our corner if our ties with the West gets far too strained.
Well, we did.
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That's what makes sense, Taiwan should go and buy from the US.
Why? Better UAE than Israel, no? Someone will HAVE to supply them at the end
With Zaslon, if i recall correctly our intentions were clear. Zaslon itself was outdated and it didn't seem like Ukranians were to introduce an up-to-date version. (What is more surprising i am not seeing this guy on the field at all).Well, we did.
Naval News piece on Hai Kun did mention Taiwanese creating a local substitute.
"Originally, the IDS would feature a license-produced ZOKA Torpedo Countermeasure System from ASELSAN, a Turkish defense contractor; however, as the Turkish government was tied by political factors, this plan didn’t go forward. Instead, after analyzing the ZOKA system, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology was able to develop a domestic Torpedo Countermeasure System and integrating it into the IDS with two 6 shot canisters mounted on each side of the submarine, enabling the IDS to counter active and passive homing torpedos with soft kill capability."
Taiwan Unveils its First Indigenous Defense Submarine - Naval News
Taiwan’s silent service enters a new dawn with the unveiling of the long awaited Indigenous Defense Submarine.
Reads pretty similar to how Pulat came out of Zaslon actually.
Yup, don't recall a single instance of Zaslon during the war.
How is it betrayal when they were never on your side to begin with
Well, we did but we have access to NATO libraries/resources/training, a long history of operating submarines, various torpedoes and sonars, creating and updating sound signal profiles, mission files for underwater warfare. We also have a substantial background in electronic warfare. Jamming and deceiving techniques are similar.Well, we did.
Naval News piece on Hai Kun did mention Taiwanese creating a local substitute.
"Originally, the IDS would feature a license-produced ZOKA Torpedo Countermeasure System from ASELSAN, a Turkish defense contractor; however, as the Turkish government was tied by political factors, this plan didn’t go forward. Instead, after analyzing the ZOKA system, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science & Technology was able to develop a domestic Torpedo Countermeasure System and integrating it into the IDS with two 6 shot canisters mounted on each side of the submarine, enabling the IDS to counter active and passive homing torpedos with soft kill capability."
Taiwan Unveils its First Indigenous Defense Submarine - Naval News
Taiwan’s silent service enters a new dawn with the unveiling of the long awaited Indigenous Defense Submarine.
Reads pretty similar to how Pulat came out of Zaslon actually.
