Hsiung Feng III missile. MoD
Taiwan News: Swiss firm sends Taiwan's 'carrier killer' devices to China for repairs
Concerns arise after theodolites used with Hsiung Feng III were sent to China for repairs by Leica Geosystems
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Concerns have been voiced by Taiwanese media that information could have been leaked after devices used with Taiwan's "Carrier Killer" missiles were sent to China for repairs.
Amid growing Chinese military threat, Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has developed the Hsiung-Feng III (雄風三型) anti-ship missile, which has been nicknamed the "Carrier Killer" due to its supersonic speed, range of up to 400 km, and 225 kg warhead. However, Mirror Media on Wednesday (Jan. 4), cited sources as saying theodolites used to calibrate the missiles were sent by a Swiss company to China to make repairs due to malfunctions, potentially exposing sensitive data from missile tests and endangering Taiwan's national security.
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WNU Editor: Unbelievable!
Part of Taiwan’s Most Advanced Anti-Ship Missile Sent To Mainland China For Repairs
Part of Taiwan’s most advanced missile sent to mainland China for repairs -- SCMP
China-Taiwan: Concern at repair of Taiwanese military device in China -- BBC
Taiwan's Antiship Missile Program Sends Instrument to China By Mistake -- Maritime Executive
7 comments:
That's globalism baby.
Wnu, why so unbelievable? Some F35 parts are also made in China.
What the f'n hell? This missile was SPECIFICALLY designed to protect from China.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. You cannot make this stuff up.
Well, Joseph Heller described stuff pretty close in Catch-22.
It's all for the Syndicate.
Enjoy your chocolatey-covered cotton-ball confections!
You can't fix stupid
They will do what Europeans did to Iraqi air defence systems in the late 80s. Plant a virus and flick a switch in time of conflict .
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