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By WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s military is developing an offensive surface-to-surface missile with a 1,200-kilometer range that could cover China’s central and southern regions, including Shanghai.
Codenamed Cloud Peak (Yunfeng), the missile is outfitted with a ramjet engine capable of speeds of Mach 3 or higher. The “high-altitude missile ... does not leave the atmosphere,” a Taiwan government official said.
Future advancements of the Cloud Peak could include a range of up to 2,000 kilometers. Production for the new missile is scheduled to begin in 2014.
The government source also revealed that Taiwan has deployed the mobile Hsiung Feng 2E land-attack cruise missile (LACM) system with three squadrons on the northern part of the island. The subsonic Hsiung Feng 2E has a range of 600 kilometers, the source said.
The Hsiung Feng (Brave Wind) missile family includes the Hsiung Feng 1, 2 and 3 anti-ship missiles produced by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST).
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