Draft bill sets schedule for defense enhancementBOOSTING DEFENSE: With the production of most new equipment ready to start, the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology expects a revenue surge next yearBy Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Executive Yuan on Friday revealed the schedule for Taiwan’s indigenous missile and warship production. The schedule is part of a draft bill on the nation’s sea and air combat power enhancement program that the Cabinet submitted to the legislature. Visitors look at a Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile displayed at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center on Sep. 27, 2018. The Hsiung Feng I and Hsiung Feng II missiles’ coastal defense variants and their dedicated road-based mobile launch vehicles would be produced from next year to 2026, the bill said. The Hsiung Feng III missile would be produced from 2023 to 2026, it said.

Source: Taipei Times September 26, 2021 15:56 UTC