April 24, 2005 :: Taipei Times :: News
An official from Taiwan’s National Security Bureau told the
Liberty Times, a sister publication of the
Taipei Times, that China is expected to deploy some 200 additional land-attack cruise missiles within striking distance of Taiwan in the coming year, with more to follow in subsequent years. With these and other cruise missiles, and some 600 ballistic missiles, the number of missiles China will have deployed within range of Taiwan will rise to one thousand. China’s deployed land-attack cruise missiles forces are said to include the HN-1A, HN-2A/B, HN-3A, C-301, C-802, and HY-4 missiles. In addition, the official said that China has two types of submarine-launched cruise missiles, the HN-2C and HN-3B, both of which can travel more than 1,200kph. China’s ship-launched cruise missiles include advanced SS-N-22 and CTF-1 type missiles. The SS-N-22 is an advanced supersonic cruise missile, and the CTF-1 can be launched from warships 1,200km away from its target.
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