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| Taiwan showcases long-range strike capabilities |
| 2021-02-03 |
| The Republic of China Armed Forces, commonly known as the Taiwanese Armed Forces, demonstrated the nation’s long-range strike capacity during recent military exercises. Last week, Taiwan’s Air Force has wrapped up a large-scale exercise involving test flights with an air-to-ground, subsonic cruise missile, called the Wan Chien. Taiwanese state media said the drill held at the southern Tainan airbase, flight crew from the First Tactical Fighter Wing deployed the Wan Chien cruise missiles on an Indigenous Defense Fighter, also known as the F-CK-1 or Ching-Kuo. The missile, developed by the military’s top research unit, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), is said to be able to hit Chinese airports and military units in coastal Fujian and Guangdong provinces if fired by Taiwanese fighter jets from around the median line of the strait. More at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #4 also known as the F-CK-U1 or the Chinga-Su-Madre-Kuo |
| Posted by: Eohippus Cremp8259 2021-02-03 21:17 |
| #3 Good one S2098. Bomber F-CK-A11 |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2021-02-03 18:44 |
| #2 The reconnaissance version is named F-CK-U2 |
| Posted by: Slith Spereth2098 2021-02-03 12:51 |
| #1 Indigenous fighter named the F-CK-1? Really? |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2021-02-03 12:25 |