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Culture & Politics » soc.culture.china » Glitches tarnish slickly choreographed exercise in TAIWAN
| Glitches tarnish slickly choreographed exercise in TAIWAN [message #227957] |
Fr, 21 Juli 2006 06:20 |
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Glitches tarnish slickly choreographed exercise
NATIONAL DEFENSE: The military showcased its prowess in missile defense and
anti-invasion operations, but not without a few hiccups
By Jimmy Chuang
STAFF REPORTER , IN ILAN
Friday, Jul 21, 2006,Page 1
Advertising The military held its biggest-ever live-fire exercises in Ilan
County yesterday, but the tightly scripted show was slightly marred by
technical problems, including two missiles that exploded prematurely as the
president watched.
"The Han Kuang military exercises actually began on Monday [July 17] and
will last for a week," said Colonel Max Yu (???), a spokesman for the 901st
Reserve Brigade. "The main purpose of the exercises is to practice and
simulate the resolution of anti-landing and urban warfare."
Approximately 21,000 military personnel, including 13,000 active duty
troopers and 8,000 reservists participated in yesterday's Han Kuang (Han
Glory) exercise, which is an annual large-scale military drill.
The entire event was organized at Litsechien Beach in Ilan County, and began
at 9am, when two Hawk anti-air missiles destroyed two Sky Bow missiles
simulating Chinese Dongfeng-11 ballistic missiles. Following this, two
Patriot PAC-2 anti-air missiles destroyed two more simulated attack
missiles.
After the missile show, PFG-933 -- the Knox-class frigate Fong Yang --
launched an SM-1 surface-to-air missile to shoot down an aerial flare, which
was simulating a People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft.
Two Ching-kuo Indigeneous Defense Fighters (IDFs) -- locally produced
two-engine fighters -- flew by at high speeds, launching two Sky Sword air
to air missiles to destroy two other simulated Chinese aircraft.
However, another two IDFs aborted their missions to launch their AIM-9
Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, because -- officials said -- the pilots
could not aim at the targets due to the angle of the sun.
In his speech after the drill, President Chen Shui-bian (???), who was
accompanied by Vice President Annette Lu (???) and Premier Su Tseng-chang
(???), did not comment on the glitch.
"Today, national defense does not only concern the military anymore. We want
to promote the idea that it is everybody's job to protect his country
instead of leaving the job to the military. I think the military has done a
good job," Chen said.
As the missile show came to an end, one AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile
malfunctioned and plunged into the sea after it was launched, while two
TOW-2B anti-armor missiles failed, exploding less than 500m in front of
Chen's observation stand.
A military officer told the Taipei Times on condition of anonymity that the
expiration date for a TOW missile is about 15 years, however, most of the
army's TOW missiles are more than 20 years old, which increases their chance
of failure.
After the missile show ended, the observers were taken to the Ilan County
Council building, where "Chinese" paratroopers were trying to land, occupy
buildings and destroy infrastructure, while reserve troops were trying to
defend the area.
A total of 144 paratroopers, including Major General Meng Ching-yu (???),
head of the 862nd Airborne Brigade, jumped out of C-130 Hercules tranports
and landed in front of the Ilan County Council building. The exercise ended
around 1pm.
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