One of the ＂Patriots＂ missiles in Taiwan exploded by one of the missile missiles

(Taipei Comprehensive News) The Taiwan Army fired two types of patriots on Tuesday (August 15), and one of them exploded in the air after launch. The reason was unknown.

Comprehensive Freedom Times and Zhongshi News reported that Cao Jinping, chief of staff of the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, then confirmed at the press conference that there were indeed abnormal detonation phenomena. The specific reasons and follow -up situations must be further verified.

Missile test firing was conducted at the Jiupeng Base of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Taiwan. The first one was lifted around 6:30 am. After a loud noise, it exploded after a spark in the air, and the other went smoothly.Lift off.At 7 am, the Jiupeng base was fired again with three missiles, and the process was smooth.

Cao Jinping said that the designed purpose of the Taiwan Air Force's shooting during this period is to use the verification of the results of the troops. Regardless of the ammunition shooting situation, the performance of the operation is normal or abnormal.Analysis, as the basis for subsequent combat reserve, is quite meaningful and valuable for the training troops.

MIM-104 The "Patriot" missile is a medium-range air-to-air missile system made by the US Thor company. Taiwan has been fired every two years. This is the first accident in the Patriot-type missile fired in Taiwan.In the case of tight and turbulent situations in the Taiwan Strait, the Taiwan Army has recently accelerated the testing and production system of various missiles.

The density of Taiwan ’s air defense missiles ranked second in the world, second only to Israel. Among them, there are nine companies in Patriot missiles, all of which are deployed in the three capitals of Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung.

Lai Qingde visited the United States to Beijing and presided over the Taiwan Ministry of Defense to not relax the warup

On the other hand, after Beijing condemned Taiwan Vice President Lai Qingde to visit the United States, the Taiwan Ministry of Defense spokesman Sun Lianfang called on Tuesday. Since Lai Qingde has visited, he has not seen a relatively large -scale exercise or action in mainland China.He said that this does not mean that the Taiwan army relaxes the alertness and determination of the combat and reserve, and emphasizes that the Taiwan Army adheres to the principle of "not timidity and not provoking" to respond to the enemy's threat.