Taiwan’s defense minister assured the public on Tuesday that they are closely monitoring the situation after pictures surfaced online of a Chinese nuclear submarine in the Taiwan Strait near Taiwanese fishermen. The Taiwan Strait, a narrow division between Taiwan and China, has been a hotbed of tensions with Chinese military presence reported daily by Taiwan. Beijing’s efforts to assert its dominance over the island have sparked concerns among Taiwanese officials.
Media outlets in Taiwan published images of the surfaced Jin-class ballistic missile submarine, believed to be armed with nuclear capabilities, captured by local fishermen at dawn on Tuesday. The submarine was spotted around 200 kilometers off Taiwan’s western coast, raising alarms about China’s military activities in the region.