19 September 2012

News Story: Taiwan completes testing of long-range air-to-surface missile

Ching-kuo IDF (Wiki Info)

TAIPEI (BNS): Taiwan has completed testing of the domestically developed long-range air-to-surface missile (ASM), military sources said.

Mass production and deployment of the new weapon called the Wan Chien ('Ten Thousand Swords') ASM will begin in 2014, the Taipei Times quoting military sources said.

The Wan Chien, developed by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, will be fitted on the upgraded Ching-kuo Indigenous Defence Fighters (IDFs). 

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