Taiwan missile to target Chinese air bases, ports

Taiwan is developing a potent missile system that can strike airfields and harbors on the mainland, in a bid to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud, local media said Tuesday.

The “Wan Chien” or “Ten Thousand Swords” missile system, which so far has cost nearly NT$3 billion (US$97 million), passed an initial operating test earlier this year, said Defence Technology Monthly.

Each missile carries more than 100 cluster bomb warheads capable of blowing dozens of small craters in airport runways, making them impossible to use, the magazine said.

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