Search This Blog

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Taiwan shows off arsenal at National Day military parade


Taiwan on Monday put on display some of the weapons it hopes can help stave off a Chinese attack at a military parade to celebrate the country's National Day, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and indigenous Sky Bow 3 missiles.

A total of 1,802 military servicemen from the Army, Navy and Air Force marched in the parade, which also included 168 military vehicles and a flyover of 71 jet fighters.

Leading the procession was a luxury sedan, followed by lines of motorcycles ridden by military police at 5 kilometers per hour. The Army's Special Forces and the Marines' amphibious corps marched closely behind.

Read more

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Fair Use Notice

This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.

The material is being made available in an effort to advance understanding arms trade activities, for non-profit research and educational purposes only.

I believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law.

If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.

This is a completely non-commercial site for private personal use. No fee is charged, and no money is made off of the operation of this site.