Taiwan News:
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan continues to advance its missile technology to ensure the country’s defensive capabilities in the face of increased threats from China. According to recent reports, The Ministry of National Defense (MND) is currently in the process of upgrading its missile systems and reinforcing missile emplacements along Taiwan’s eastern seaboard.
New Patriot missile platforms have been located to the Huadong valley, and these platforms will later be supplemented with Taiwan’s own domestically developed 3rd generation Tiangong Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missiles (ATBM), developed by the Nat. Zhongshan Institute of Science and Technology.
The new Tiangong 3 missiles missile arrays will replace the previous MIM-23 Hawk missile platforms, and according to LTN, they are fully capable of intercepting and neutralizing the Chinese Dongfeng 21 medium range ballistic missiles of the PLAAF.
