Department of Defense & Industry Daily News
Advertisement
Defense program acquisition news, budget data, market briefings
  • Contact
    Editorial
    Advertising
    Feedback & Support
    Subscriptions & Reports
  • Subscribe
    Paid Subscription
    in-depth program analysis & data sets
    Free Email Newsletter
    quick daily updates
    Google+ Twitter RSS
  • Log in
    Forgot your password?
    Not yet a subscriber? Find out what you have been missing.
Archives by date > 2008 > October > 29th

Taiwan to Produce 300 Hsiung Feng IIE Cruise Missiles

Oct 29, 2008 15:08 UTC

HF-2s

Hsiungfeng II
(click to expand)

Channel News Asia reports that Taiwan has given the go-ahead to produce the Hsiung Feng IIE cruise missile. Expected production is pegged at 300 missiles, though its in-service date in uncertain.

The HF-2E variant is derived in part from the Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile that equips its surface vessels, but it nearly quadruples the missile’s range from about 160 km to almost 600 km. The HF-2E is designed to be fired from land-based emplacements as well as ships, and GPS guidance is expected given its use in some modernized HF-2 missiles. The HF-2E’s range brings some of China’s southern ports within range of Taiwanese missile strikes against key staging areas, or even against retaliatory targets, if the PRC should invade.

On Jan 1/08, Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian said that China had 1,328 short range ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan, up from 200 when he took office in 2000. A 2005 Pentagon report had placed the number at 730, and that number has continued to rise. See also NTI’s 2002 brief “Taiwan’s Response to China’s Missile Buildup.”

Advertisement
White Papers & Events
Advertisement
October 2008
SMTWTFS
« Sep Nov »
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
Advertisement

© 2004-2022 Defense Industry Daily, LLC | About Us | Images on this site | Privacy Policy

Contact us: Editorial | Advertising | Feedback & Support | Subscriptions & Reports

Follow us: Twitter | Google+

Stay Up-to-Date on Defense Programs Developments with Free Newsletter

DID's daily email newsletter keeps you abreast of contract developments, pictures, and data, put in the context of their underlying political, business, and technical drivers.