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Production of indigenous missile systems going smoothly: official

ROC Central News Agency

2010/12/08 21:23:03

Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) The mass production of two missile systems developed by Taiwan has been proceeding smoothly, Deputy Defense Minister Chao Shih-chang said Wednesday.

Chao was referring to the Hsiungfeng IIE (HF-2E) surface-to-surface cruise missile system and Hsingfeng III supersonic anti-ship missile, both of which were developed by the military-run Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology.

During a meeting of the Legislative Yuan's Foreign and Defense Committee, Legislator Lin Yu-fang of the ruling Kuomintang asked Chao about the production of several indigenous weapon systems which is scheduled to peak in 2011.

In response, Chao said the problems of acquiring key components for the indigenous missile systems have been resolved and production is now going smoothly as scheduled.

Moreover, mass production of several new indigenous weapon systems, such as the Leiting 2000 multiple rocket launcher, an unmanned aerial vehicle and the Yunpao (Cloud Leopard) armored vehicle, will soon begin, he added. (By Emmanuelle Tzeng and Sofia Wu) enditem /pc