https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/mine-warfare/ Recent content in Mine Warfare on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/taiwan-will-have-10-minelayers-by-year-end-and-six-aging-minehunters-to-clear-them/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/taiwan-will-have-10-minelayers-by-year-end-and-six-aging-minehunters-to-clear-them/ <p>Six more Min Jiang-class fast minelayers are due from Lungteh Shipbuilding by the end of December, which takes the ROC Navy from four hulls to ten. Each boat carries between 32 and 64 Wan Hsiang mines and lays them from fixed tracks amidships and aft. Run the full fleet at two sorties apiece and Taiwan can put somewhere between 640 and 1,280 mines across the approaches to its harbours in a matter of days.</p>