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23.9 in the afternoon, sheets Taiwan News reported that the Taiwan Air Defense Force has exhibited the Van Kiem air-to-ground cruise missile together with the Kinh Quoc multitask fighter (AIDC F-CK-1) at the Ma Cong air base in Penghu (Taiwan). These weapons appeared when Thai leader Anh Van visited the Ma Cong base.
Two Van Kiem rockets with Kinh Quoc fighters shown |
Van Kiem is an air-to-ground cruise missile line with a range of up to 240 km, reaching subsonic speeds and is equipped with the Kinh Quoc aircraft line, named after the leader Chiang Kinh Quoc (son Mr. Tuong Gioi Thach ). Both the Van Kiem missile and the Kinh Quoc fighter jet are made in Taiwan, with some foreign technological support.
In particular, the Kinh Quoc fighter was originally part of a project that Taiwan undertook in the 1980s to develop its own multi-role fighter to replace the outdated F-4 and F-5 fighters. . At the time, Taiwan was having a hard time buying US fighter jets, so he wanted to maneuver himself.
The Kinh Quoc fighter first flew in 1989 and was officially unveiled in 1994. To date, the Taiwan Air Defense Force has around 130 Kinh Quoc fighters.
This multi-role fighter has a maximum speed of 1.8 times the speed of sound (Mach 1.8, about 2200 km / h), the combat radius can be up to 1000 km and is equipped with a variety of radars, sensors and state-of-the-art electronic technology. Kinh Quoc fighters can carry a variety of air-to-air missiles and Hung Phong 2 (Hsiung Feng 2) missiles used to attack warships …
Kinh Quoc fighters are capable of carrying many types of missiles. |
The Hung Phong 2 missile has a range of 200 km, so it plays an important role in defending against warships in the Taiwan Strait, which is about 180 km wide.
And in 2011, when developing the Van Kiem missile, Taipei designed this missile to equip it with Kinh Quoc fighters. By 2018, the new Van Kiem missile will be officially deployed in a comprehensive manner.
During the past, the situation in the Taiwan Strait has been continuously tense. Both mainland China and Taipei have stepped up their military operations, conducting many large-scale exercises.
In early August, the leaf South China morning post Satellite images showed that Type-05 amphibious armored vehicles, PHL-16 and PCL-191 missile systems were sent by China to the eastern war zone, which is in charge of the Taiwan Strait. . These are weapons that experts consider very dangerous to attack Taipei.
In such a context, according to the newspaper Taiwan NewsThis is the first time that Taiwan has officially exhibited Van Kiem missiles and Kinh Quoc fighters, ready to fight. With a range of more than 200 km, the Van Kiem missiles combined with the Kinh Quoc fighters will form a “pair” of weapons capable of striking deep within mainland China, even at major bases. It is part of the eastern war zone of the Chinese army, not just the Taiwan Strait.
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