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As part of the country's efforts to counter China's military threat, a Taiwanese shipbuilder commissioned by the navy has begun work on a prototype missile boat for Taiwan, a defense official said Monday.
The prototype will be around 450 tonnes, Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu said in the Legislature's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, but declined to discuss any further details of the project.
Kao was responding to a legislator's question on whether the prototype will be outfitted with locally developed anti-ship missiles, the Hsiung Feng (Brave Wind) III and Hsiung Feng II, as reported in the local media.
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