The navy began to prepare for missile speedboats and a force to man them in 1979, with the strategic situation between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits in mind. At present there are more than fifty of the vessels.
船首向外，蓄勢待發基於海峽兩岸戰略情勢的考慮，民國六十八年，海軍開始建立飛彈快艇兵力，並自行研製飛彈快艇，目前共有五十餘艘。