When bully Goliath China acts, David Taiwan responds!
"The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been significantly ramping up probing activities in and around the Taiwan Strait, in what Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) recently described as a clear “threat of force” ... 50 Chinese military aircraft have breached Taiwan’s airspace over a period of 18 days. ...
According to a local media report, Zhang Cheng (張誠), the former chief engineer of Taiwan’s indigenously designed Hsiung Feng-III (雄風三, HF-3) supersonic missile, speculated that the upcoming test will likely be for the extended-range Tien-Kung III (天弓三型, TK-3) surface-to-air missile developed by Taiwan. While the type and specifications of these tests are never disclosed in public announcements, military sources reportedly told local media that this will indeed be an operational test of an extended-range Tien-Kung III—dubbed the Taiwan-version of the American THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense). ... The Hsiung Feng IIE has a range of at least 600 km—or about 375 miles—and is “the only one of Taiwan’s Hsiung Feng cruise missile variants specifically designed for land-attack missions.” Similarly, the Yun Feng is a surface-to-surface supersonic cruise missile, with a range of 1,200 to 2,000 km."
Vol. 5, Issue 19 – Global Taiwan Institute
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