[garbageseeker]

I thought the U.S. were going to sell the Taiwanese some outdated subs as part of a military package.

[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.

[sukhoi-30mki]

The US has little to offer to Taiwan without assistance from either Europe or Japan.The US last exported D/Es in the late 70s if im not mistaken.

[defenderSD]

Forgot to mention: IIRC, the package included used destoyers but new diesel submarines.

[Non-Sequitur]

I thought the U.S. were going to sell the Taiwanese some outdated subs as part of a military package.

We sold them some outdated destroyers. We don't have an non-nuclear subs to sell, outdated or otherwise.