Hsiung Feng-III supersonic anti-ship missile
Posted on 04/19/2011 7:30:37 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Taiwan to build new 'stealth' warship
TAIPEI - TAIWAN plans to build a new 'stealth' warship armed with guided-missiles next year in response to China's naval build-up, a top military officer and a lawmaker said on Monday.
Construction of the prototype of the 500-tonne corvette is due to start in 2012 for completion in 2014, deputy defence minister Lin Yu-pao said in answer to a question by Kuomintang party legislator Lin Yu-fang at parliament.
The warship, which the navy says is harder to detect on radar, is expected to emerge after China puts into service its first battle carrier group, the legislator said.
The twin-hulled boat will be armed with up to eight home-grown Hsiung-feng II ship-to-ship missiles and eight other more lethal Hsiung-feng III anti-ship supersonic missiles.
The remarks came as China has been restoring The Varyag, an old Soviet aircraft carrier bought in 1998.
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Hsiung Feng-III supersonic anti-ship missile
If I were Taiwan, I’d be working on making the country ‘stealth’. Its nuts for them to rely on the US, we’ve sold out everything to the ChiComs, including our debt. Do they really believe we’ll come to their rescue with as much as the US owes the ChiComs? Those DC maggots aren’t going to risk the ChiComs pulling the plug (by stop financing the debt) on the big parties and golfing outings they’re having every second in DC.
Those traitorous SOBs in DC have sold out everyone—not just us, but everyone else too.
Sounds like the makings of a good Clancy novel. I’d rather put my money on a few more AIP diesel/electric subs.
500 tonnes..more like a large gunboat...any sketches?
Agreed, Taiwan needs to really pump $$$$ into defense, because we won’t be there to help them.
They have actually already built one - it is just behing the Junk in the foreground and in front of the harbor in the background.
It is very, very stealthy.
and painted blue....
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