[defenderSD]

We are planning to sell subs to Taiwain, but last I heard we're still working on buying the design and blueprints from another country (probably European) and then we have to find a shipyard to build the subs at a reasonable cost here in America. No country other than us wants to build these subs on their soil, so we're working on bringing back a diesel sub shipyard. I read somewhere that the liberals in Taiwain think the price of the subs is too high, and the Taiwanese legislature hasn't approved the purchase yet.

Same old story: nobody in Taiwan wants Chinese soldiers marching through their back yard, but they don't want to pay the high price for submarines, which are not made in sufficient numbers these days to bring down the price.

[garbageseeker]

I heard and read the same stories too.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Well that would still mean that a EUROPEAN design is needed.The EU doesnt want to upset its ties with China.An easy way out would have been for Japan to part with some of its SSK tech,but that would really p*** off Beijing.The problem is acerbated by the fact that there are effectively 3 SSK Designer/builders in Europe-Germany,France & the Dutch.