23 June 2015

News Story: Taiwan defense ministry rebuts report on radar system's combat readiness

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense rebutted a report Sunday that the data link interface of the PAVE Phased Array Warning System (PAVE PAWS) Taiwan received from the United States in 2013 has yet to be integrated with two crucial missile warning centers.

The radar warning system and the two missile warning centers in Taipei and Hualien county, respectively, have all begun operations and "are running smoothly," said ministry spokesman Luo Shou-he.

"It is not true to say that the two systems cannot operate normally," Luo said, but he declined to reveal any further details related to the facilities, which he said are military secrets related to national security.

Read the full story at Want China Times