Taiwan to deploy first of 500 planned cruise missiles that could threaten Mainland

[ErnstBlofeld]

Taiwan will field its first indigenous cruise missiles by the end of the year, a Taiwanese legislator said last week.

 

 

Taipei has begun mass production of the Hsiung-feng 2E cruise missiles after acquiring “key components” needed for the missiles, and will start deploying them this year, lawmaker Lin Yu-Fang told AFP.

 

 

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Edited September 23, 2010 by Rheo
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[ErnstBlofeld]

 

Hsiung-feng 2E cruise missiles

[AceRimmer]

The Chicoms are definitely getting frisky as their economy goes into the tank, so it's natural the guys on Taiwan are going to add some defense. The Japanese are already adding to their navy, and the South Koreans are increasing their defense excercises with the US.

 

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