Posted on 12/31/2013 9:24:03 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) Taiwan's Air Force will showcase its upgraded Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF) Jan. 16, when the Ching-kuo fighter jets will be armed with locally developed Wan Chien weapons systems, the Air Force said Tuesday.
Seventy-one out of more than 120 on-duty IDFs saw upgrades by state-run Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. to reinforce air-to-ground combat capacity on the decade-old jets.
To take some of the burden off of the nation's F-16 fleet, Wan Chien (literally "ten thousand swords") systems have been added to the IDFs, giving the fighters the ability to fire cluster bombs with a range of over 200 kilometers.
The bombs can be launched from the air over the Taiwan Strait to target troop concentrations, defensive positions, and harbors and airstrips on the Chinese mainland, said Lin Yu-fang, a veteran lawmaker and long-time supporter of beefing up national defenses.
The Kuomintang lawmaker said it took NT$3 billion (US$100.6 million) and several years to develop the Wan Chien system, which carries up to 100 warheads and is capable of launching attack from a distance.
So far, 40 of the fighters based in Tainan have been retrofitted to be able to launch the weapon, according to Lin's office.
Another wing based in Taichung is going through the retrofitting process, with all of the fighters expected to be capable of carrying the Wan Chien system by early 2017, the office said.
Is that Penis Projectile an extra special “Thruster”, or just the beginning of a hard-on???
That is photoshopped, right?
Is this about a song? Ching-kuo fighter about Billie Chin and little Sammy Chong?
I thought it might be a probe designed by willie jeff back when he could insert something into the vessel.
Maybe it just rotates so the camera can see around corners?
So long as it kills Chi-Coms by the boatload, I’m all for it.
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody Wan Chien tonight
I think it may be Taiwan’s way of saying to China, “You’re fooked.”
That is a cover over the turbojet air intake. It is jettisoned after launch. Otherwise more aerodynamic drag, and “windmilling” of the turbine while in flight.
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