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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Han Kuang live-fire drills to include Hsiung Feng III missiles

Hsiung Feng III |This year's Han Kuang military exercises will include the live firing of the surface-to-air Standard Missile II and the locally developed anti-ship Hsiung Feng III missile, a senior naval officer said Monday.

Vice Admiral Hsu Pei-shan, chief of staff at Navy Command Headquarters, confirmed the inclusion of the two types of missiles in the annual war games at a hearing of the Legislative Yuan's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.

The supersonic Hsiung Feng III missile was built by the military-run Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology after nearly two decades of research and development.

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