According to the information disclosed by Taiwan**, the air defense and anti-submarine types of the Taiwan Navy corvettes have a full load displacement of 2,500 tons to 3,000 tons, use diesel electric and gas turbine alternate propulsion systems, and have a maximum speed of more than 30 knots.
The prototype of the corvette built by the Taiwan military this time is an air defense type, and according to the renderings at the groundbreaking ceremony, the ship's firepower configuration is relatively strong. On the foredeck there is a 76-mm stealth naval gun, which is mainly used to combat sea and air targets.
Behind the naval gun is a Taiwan-made 8-unit "Huayang" missile vertical launch device, so this type of corvette is also Taiwan's first to carry a vertical launch system. It doesn't sound like much, there are only 8 launchers, but each launcher can be loaded with 4 "Haijian-2" anti-aircraft missiles with a range of 30 kilometers, and 8 cells are 32.
Judging from the air defense firepower, this type of ship is clearly ahead in terms of reaction speed and anti-saturation attack capability, except that the range of air defense missiles is not as good as that of the main warships of the Taiwan Navy.
In terms of anti-ship firepower, the Taiwan military has equipped the air defense corvettes with four twin-mounted anti-ship missile launchers, which can carry a total of eight extended-range "Hsiungfeng-3" supersonic anti-ship missiles. The maximum range of the missile is said to be up to 400 kilometers, and it can theoretically be used to block the core waters and waterways around Taiwan Island, and it can also carry out so-called anti-aircraft carrier operations.
In addition to its impressive firepower, the Taiwan Navy has also specially introduced the British "Blacksmith" three-coordinate active phased array radar for corvettes. The radar is known as the most sophisticated radar in the British navy, with a maximum detection range of 200 kilometers, and can identify a high-speed target the size of a tennis ball at a distance of 25 kilometers, which can provide stronger situational awareness for Taiwan's corvettes.