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Weapons systems video
simulates attack on Taiwan
Staff writer, with CNA
A video played at an air show in Zhuhai in southern China to promote China¡¦s
weapons systems simulated the bombing of military bases in Taiwan, a sign that
the nation has to take the threat of China¡¦s long-range rockets seriously, a
local magazine editor said.
The video demonstrated a system that integrated several assault weapons,
including M20 short-range ballistic missiles, A200 remote-guided rockets, A100
multiple-rocket launchers, unmanned aircraft and field air defense missiles.
The system was advertised as being able to make pre-emptive strikes against
enemy radar installations, command centers, airports, harbors, power plants and
concentrated armored vehicles.
Chen Kuo-ming (³¯°ê»Ê), senior editor of the Taiwan-based magazine Defence
International, who attended the Zhuhai Air Show in Guangdong from Tuesday last
week through Sunday, said the weapons demonstrated were widely known.
What was different was the Chinese government integrating them into a complete
ground strike package that Chen said it hoped to sell to other countries.
In the video, each weapons system had a purpose. The unmanned aircraft were in
charge of detection, and then the M20s destroyed oil depots, power plants, and
armored forces.
The A100s shelled enemy artillery and air defense sites, and LY-60 air defense
missiles intercepted counterattacks mounted by the enemy.
The video also showed F-16 jet fighters at Taiwan's air bases being destroyed
after M20 short-range ballistic missiles were fired.
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