Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Rip It Up, Move It Down to the Ground

Taiwan will eventually field a missile system designed to slow down any Chinese invasion at the source by targeting China's ports and airfields, plus related military targets:

The "Wan Chien" or "Ten Thousand Swords" missile system, which so far has cost nearly three billion Taiwan dollars (97 million US), 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.
 
The missile is also designed to target harbours, missile and radar bases, as well as troop build-up areas prior to an invasion of the island, the magazine said.
 
The defence ministry is planning to invest 15 billion Taiwan dollars in 2011 and 2012 to equip its Indigenous Defence Fighters (IDFs) with the new system, it said.
Anything that slows down the ability of the Chinese to get ashore and build up forces faster than Taiwan can rush their own forces to the bridgeheads (or air heads) will be of great help.

On the edge of oblivion. Ev'rybody Wan Chien tonight. Ev'rybody have fun tonight.