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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

US continues tests on malfunctioning missiles

Sparrow missileThe United States military is still examining a batch of sparrow missiles that misfired last year during a drill in southern Pingtung County, but has so far not managed to reach a conclusion on the cause of the malfunction, the Taiwan Air Force said yesterday.

The U.S. has conducted preliminary examinations on the medium-range missiles that went off the mark during a live-fire missile exercise in Jiupeng in January 2011. The initial report states that the misfire was partly due to radar malfunctions.

The U.S. experts also found some issues with the sparrow missiles' thrusters that could result in misfires, the Air Force said.

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