“Any Kilos from Russia would be very used and probably neglected for the past 25 years.”
Yeah, the better question might be couldn’t Taiwan build it’s own submarines? I would think that off the self hardware from Home Depot might be better than a WW2 sub at this point.
Taiwan lost a golden opportunity to get French technology when they signed big arms deals with them in the 90s. To set up design and manufacturing facilities from scratch for a medium-sized fleet is not exactly cost-effective. Most countries building subs today have benefited from technology assistance from major exporting nations, which won’t be the case with Taiwan