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First exposure of Taiwan's secret HF-2E Missile during launch exercise

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Taiwan's United Daily News (UDN) recently unveiled images and video clips allegedly showcasing the Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) land-attack cruise missile. This missile, which has been in the Taiwanese military's arsenal for over a decade, has remained shrouded in secrecy, never being publicly displayed. Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this link

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The images reportedly depict a night-time launch from the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan. The missile was said to have been airborne for an extended period. Taiwan's Central News Agency (CNA) also reported on a classified missile launch during a three-day live-fire drill at Jiupeng, though it did not confirm if the HF-2E was the missile in question.

Jiupeng base, known for its missile testing activities, is associated with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), the organization behind the HF-2E's development. Recent incidents at the base include an explosion during missile propellant disposal and an unspecified missile detonating mid-air during testing.

The released images hint at the HF-2E's external design, resembling the U.S. Tomahawk missile. It is believed to be subsonic, with a cylindrical body, blunt nose, tail-end fins, and rear pop-out wings.

Despite limited official data on the HF-2E, its unveiling comes amid rising concerns over potential Chinese military actions across the Taiwan Strait. The missile, along with others like the Yun Feng, bolsters Taiwan's deterrence strategy. There are believed to be two HF-2E variants, with the baseline model targeting 300 to 600 kilometers and the extended-range Hsiung Sheng variant reaching 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers.

The HF-2E reportedly uses GPS-assisted inertial navigation and terrain contour matching (TERCOM) for guidance. Some speculate it also has an imaging infrared seeker for increased accuracy.

The Hsiung Feng IIE, developed by NCSIST, has been operational since 2011. Contrary to some reports, it is not a derivative of the Hsiung Feng 2 anti-ship missile. The HF-2E is a distinct design, mirroring the U.S. Navy's Tomahawk cruise missile's function. Weighing between 3,300-3,500 pounds, its primary role is to target military assets, especially air-defense units and command centers.

The missile's development began in 2001, with multiple test firings between 2004 and 2005. The baseline HF-2E underwent operational evaluation in 2005, with a more advanced version tested in 2007. The missile received significant upgrades in 2017.

The baseline HF-2E Block I cruise missile boasts a range of approximately 700 kilometers. It uses inertial navigation with GPS and TERCOM updates for guidance, with terminal phase guidance involving infrared homing.

Production began in 2005, with unit costs around $3.08 million (2003 USD) each. By 2011, the missile was greenlit for full production, primarily deployed via ground-mobile launchers. The improved Hsiung Sheng variant, targeting distant Chinese cities, was delivered to the Air Force in January 2021.

The HF-2E's general characteristics include a range of 600 to 2,000 kilometers, a top speed of Mach 0.75 to 0.85, and a launch weight of 3,000 to 3,500 pounds. Its accuracy is within 10 meters, and it carries a 200-kilogram warhead.

Recent years have seen a significant uptick in tensions, with China increasing its military activities around the island, including frequent air force incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone. These actions are often interpreted as attempts to intimidate Taiwan and signal Beijing's displeasure with any moves toward formal independence. On the international stage, the situation is further complicated by the involvement of major powers, particularly the United States, which, while not officially recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign state, has committed to its defense and regularly conducts arms sales to the island. The Taiwan Strait, thus, remains a potential flashpoint, with any miscalculation or escalation bearing the risk of drawing larger global powers into a broader conflict.

The potential HF-2E images shed light on Taiwan's military readiness, even if the missile's exact role remains ambiguous.

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Taiwan’s secret missile for striking deep in China

Secretive Taiwanese Cruise Missile Able To Strike Deep In China May Have Broken Cover

Taiwan’s HF-2E land-attack cruise missile has reportedly been in service for more than a decade, but has never been seen publicly.

A Taiwanese newspaper has published imagery that is says shows an HF-2E land-attack cruise missile for the first time publicly.

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A newspaper in Taiwan has published pictures and video clips that it says offer the first-ever look at the Hsiung Feng IIE land-attack cruise missile. This missile has reportedly been in Taiwanese military service for more than a decade, but has never been seen publicly in that time. It is one of a number of secretive counter-strike capabilities Taiwan's armed forces are understood to possess to try to help deter or respond to a Chinese military intervention by holding targets on the mainland at risk.

The report from Taiwan's United Daily News ( UDN ) says the imagery was captured during a recent nighttime launch from the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung County at the southern end of the island. The Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) missile was "understood" to have subsequently flown for "many hours," according to UDN 's report.

A separate report today from Taiwan's semi-official Central News Agency ( CNA ) says an unnamed "military" source told the outlet that "the Air Force did fire a classified missile on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing three-day live-fire drill" being held at Jiupeng. CNA said the source would not confirm or deny whether the missile in question was an HF-2E.

Though it remains unconfirmed whether an HF-2E was indeed launched from Jiupeng, the base is a known missile test facility. It is also a hub for the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), a top Taiwanese military research and test organization that is understood to have been responsible for the development of HF-2E. The base has already been in the news twice this month. On August 3, four people were injured there in an explosion as they were "disposing of missile propellant chemicals," according to a statement from NCSIST. Then, just yesterday, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense confirmed an unspecified missile exploded unexpectedly in mid-air during a test earlier in the day.

UDN story today does not otherwise offer any significant new details about the HF-2E, official information about which is scant. This missile is understood to be a ground-launched land-attack cruise missile with a design broadly reminiscent of the U.S. Tomahawk in form and function.

According to UDN 's report, the booster rocket used to initially launch the HF-2E was seen falling away in the overnight launch. A small jet engine kicked in to power the weapon through the rest of its flight. By all indications, the HF-2E is a subsonic missile.

The imagery UDN captured otherwise shows a long cylindrical missile with what looks to be a relatively blunt nose, fins at the tail end, and what should be pop-out wings toward the rear of its body. This shows some outward similarities to the Tomahawk, but also to the U.S. AGM-84H/K Stand-off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) derivatives of the Harpoon anti-ship missile.

A rendering of a SLAM-ER missile as it appears after launch with its pop-out wings deployed. <em>Boeing</em>

This is certainly all in line with what has previously been reported about the design and capabilities of the HF-2E, the development of which is understood to date back at least to the early 2000s. Full-rate production reportedly began in 2011, but it is unknown exactly when the missile officially entered service.

There are now reportedly at least two different HF-2E variants, a baseline version and an extended-range variant, the latter of which is also known as the Hsiung Sheng . Sources vary widely on the maximum ranges of both types. The baseline design is said to be able to able to reach targets anywhere from 300 to 600 kilometers (186 to 372 miles) away, while the improved version can reportedly hit its mark out to distances between 1,000 and 1,500 kilometers (621 to 932 miles).

A table from an unclassified 2017 U.S. Air Force report on foreign missile capabilities. HF-2E's range here is listed as 300 kilometers (186 miles). It also says it is "undetermined" when it entered service. <em>USAF</em>

The variations in range may be a product, in part, of different warhead options for the HF-2E, as well as smaller design tweaks. These warheads reportedly include 1,000 and 440-pound class unitary high-explosive types , at least one of which is understood to be a hard target penetrator/bunker buster type. Reports in the past that say a cluster munitions warhead may also have been developed .

HF-2E variants reportedly use GPS-assisted inertial navigation system guidance with an additional terrain contour matching (TERCOM) capability. TERCOM functionality, which is also found on versions of the Tomahawk, as well as other land-attack cruise missiles , can help improve precision navigation and allows the weapon to fly lower and therefore be less vulnerable to enemy defenses. Some reports say that it also has an imaging infrared seeker to further increase its accuracy, another feature found on other land attack cruise missiles like the U.S. AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) and Storm Shadow , as well as newer Tomahawks .

A very general visual representation, using the U.S. Tomahawk as an example, of how TERCOM and digital scene-matching area correlation (DSMAC) systems scan the terrain below to help determine a missile's position and make sure it is on course. <em>via the Federation of American Scientists</em>

In addition, the HF-2E's designation is reportedly a cover and there is no indication that there is any actual relationship between it and the Hsiung Feng II (HF-2) anti-ship cruise missile.

A Taiwanese Coast Guard <em>Anping</em> class catamaran patrol ship fires an HF-2 anti-ship cruise missile, which is unrelated to the HF-2E land-attack cruise missile. <em>Taiwan Military</em>

Whatever the missile's exact capabilities may or may not be, this possible first public look at the HF-2E comes at a time when concerns are growing about the potential for Chinese military intervention across the Taiwan Strait sometime in the next few years. U.S. military officials, in particular , have said that China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) could be in a position where it would feel confident in its ability to successfully execute a cross-strait intervention by 2027, if not earlier .

Taiwan's long-range land-attack strike capabilities are an important factor in trying to deter the PLA from undertaking such an operation. In addition to the HF-2E, Taiwan's armed forces have a supersonic land-attack cruise missile called the Yun Feng with enough range to reach Beijing, which is also believed to be ground-launched.

There is also the air-launched Wan Chien land-attack cruise missile , but this is understood to have a shorter maximum range than either the HF-2E or the Yun Feng.

A Taiwanese single-seat F-CK-1C fighter armed with a pair of Wan Chien missiles under the wings. <em>O8447 via Wikimedia</em>

It is not clear how many of any of these missiles the Taiwanese armed forces have in their inventory. Those stocks would be vastly smaller than the total number of air, sea, and ground-launched land-attack cruise missiles , as well as conventionally-armed ballistic and now hypersonic missiles , that the PLA could bring to bear in any future major conflict across the Taiwan Strait. Chinese forces have increasingly demonstrated the capability and capacity to encircle the island with air and naval forces, allowing them to readily strike from multiple vectors at once, as well.

Still, the existence of Taiwanese weapons like the HF-2E does provide a certain degree of deterrence given that they would impose costs on the Chinese mainland in response to any intervention. Employing them against key targets could cause some degradation in actual operations. Strikes against high-profile strategic-level targets, including high-level seats of government, possibly even in the capital Beijing, and critical infrastructure, could have major psychological effects for both sides, as well as other impacts.

At the same time, it is important to note that the PLA is a massive force distributed across a very large area and a significant number of total facilities, including numerous hardened command and control nodes . Taiwan's arsenal of counterstrike weapons like the HF-2E would not be sufficient to outright stop an actual invasion from the mainland.

These realities of the threats that Taiwan faces have prompted calls, especially in the United States, to significantly bolster the Taiwanese military's capabilities and overall capacity to resist any future intervention. Last month, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he had authorized up to $345 million in so-called "drawdown" military aid for Taiwan. This refers to a mechanism through which materiel already in U.S. military stocks can be transferred to American allies and partners under certain circumstances. Though the U.S. government does not officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country, it reserves the right to support authorities on the island and regularly approves more traditional arms sales for its armed forces.

In light of the geopolitical situation in recent years, Taiwan itself is known to be pushing ahead with the development and/or acquisition of a variety of key capabilities, including new submarines and other naval vessels , drones , loitering munitions , counter-drone and other air and missile defense systems, and more. As highlighted by reports about the HF-2E, other work is also going on in the classified realm. U.S. defense contractors have a long history of assisting with Taiwanese military efforts, as well.

Altogether, whether or not the imagery that UDN captured does indeed show an HF-2E, today's report has shone new light on Taiwan's counterstrike arsenal, though what role it might really play in a future crisis is uncertain.

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Taiwan Missile Delivery Seen Hitting New High Of More Than 1,000 In ’24

Taiwan is ramping up missile production in the face of a rising threat from China.

Taiwan will deliver a record high of more than 1,000 indigenous missiles next year amid rising tensions with China, defense sources told Taiwanese media over the weekend.

The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Taiwan’s main domestic arms manufacturer, is producing the missiles as part of its Sea-Air Combat Improvement Plan, which has a special budget of NT$228.9 billion ($7.4 billion) from 2022 to 2026.

“Countries such as the U.S., Japan and China are paying attention to the combat power of Taiwan’s missile forces,” a defense source told The Taipei Times.

Among the types of missiles to be delivered in the next few years will be mobile coastal defense cruise missiles, an air defense system, the Wan Chien air-to-ground missile system and the Hsiung Feng II-E (HF-2E) land attack cruise missile system. The Wan Chien system will be completed next year and the HF-2E in 2025.

Carried by Taiwan’s F-CK-1 Ching Kuo Indigenous Defense Fighter, the Wan Chien is a subsonic cruise missile designed for suppression attacks on Chinese airfields, ports, missile sites, and radar positions. Thanks to its 240-km (149-mi.) range, the Wan Chien can be launched from beyond the range of most air defense systems deployed on China’s southeastern seaboard.

The HF-2E is one of Taiwan’s longest range missiles and the only one of the Hsiung Feng cruise missiles designed for land attack missions. With a reported history of more than 20 years, the HF-2E was likely developed to allow Taiwan to hit distant targets in China. It has an estimated range of up to 1,200 km (746 mi.), which could strike the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province on China’s east coast or Wuhan in central Hubei Province.

To be sure, delivery of 1,000 missiles in 2024 is an ambitious target, even for a manufacturing powerhouse like Taiwan. Ian Williams, deputy director of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), tells Aviation Week that the figure probably includes long-range cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, air-to-ground, surface-to-air and perhaps smaller short-range Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Manpads).

“I could see getting to 1,000 if they include all of the above and have strong supply chains. The availability of microelectronic components is usually one of the biggest limiting factors, but Taiwan has a strong domestic base for these subcomponents,” Williams says.

In the past, when it had less acrimonious relations with China, the U.S. had deep reservations about supporting any strike capability that could be perceived as offensive for Taiwan because Washington felt it might provoke Beijing’s ire. In fact, Washington initially objected to the HF-2E program, according to CSIS. But Taiwan felt the longer range missiles were important for its defense and carried on with the program.

In February, the Taiwanese military tested an extended range cruise missile believed to be the latest version of the HF-2E, the South China Morning Post reported.

Taiwan is ramping up missile production in the face of the most intense military pressure it has faced from China since the Cold War, when Chinese and Taiwanese forces occasionally clashed.

On June 24, the Taiwanese government said Chinese fighter jets approached the outer boundary of Taiwan’s 24-nm contiguous zone. Under international law, “a coastal state in its contiguous zone may exercise the control necessary to prevent the infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea, and punish infringement of those laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea,” according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Taiwan’s territorial space is 12 nm from its coast.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in March that Taiwan would be “forced to respond” if Chinese aircraft and vessels were to “come near or enter the nation’s airspace and territorial waters, even if they are in disputed areas.”

It is unclear how frequently such Chinese military activity occurs.

But Fu Qianshao, a retired People’s Liberation Army (PLA) “equipment expert,” told The South China Morning Post in a June 26 report that Chinese warplanes nearing the 24-mi. nautical zone “is not unusual.” During then-U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to Taiwan last August, PLA fighters flew as close as 12 nm from Taiwan, he added–though Taiwan’s government did not say so at the time.

Maj. Gen. Lin Wen-huang, who supervises planning at Taiwan’s MND, warned Beijing on June 27 that Taiwan would retaliate if the PLA continued to “force their way into our territorial airspace and seas,” according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. Taiwan “will actively strike back to safeguard national security,” he said.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) arrived in Taiwan on June 26 for a three-day visit. The delegation includes nine members of the House of Representatives and is one of the largest from the U.S. to visit Taiwan in recent years.

Ahead of a closed-door meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen and other senior Taiwanese officials on June 27, Rogers told her that the delegation’s support for Taiwan is “bipartisan” and “unwavering.”

The delegation’s Taiwan trip follows the House Armed Services Committee passing the bill under the National Defense Authorization Act required to legislate the U.S. national defense policy and budget for fiscal 2024. The bill includes provisions supporting U.S. military cooperation with Taiwan.

Matthew Fulco is Business Editor for Aviation Week, focusing on commercial aerospace and defense.

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Taiwan Is Building Long Range Cruise Missiles That Aim Deep Inside China

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By empowering its cruise missile program, Taiwan is taking its gloves off in its cross-Strait standoff.

Taiwan is reportedly building a new batch of cruise missiles with an extended range of up to 1,200 kilometers, giving them the capability to strike targets deep inside mainland China.

The move is a long-deliberated response to deter Beijing in the midst of a rapidly growing military imbalance in the Taiwan Strait, where a belligerent China has already deployed thousands of ballistic and cruise missiles with the capability to hit the democratic island nation.

Upmedia of Taiwan reported that the Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E), the Taiwanese military’s indigenous-produced surface-to-surface cruise missile, is about to conclude the first phase of its production, which started in 2008 with at least 240 missiles built. The second production phase of HF-2E missiles will begin in 2019, with the newest batch of HF-2Es capable of hitting targets up to 1,200 kilometers away.

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At least 100 HF-2E missiles with extended range will be built, and a budget of NT$13.6 billion (about US$440 million) has already been allocated, according to Upmedia.

Politically sensitive in nature, Taiwan’s cruise missile and ballistic missile programs are classified and the exact range of HF-2E has never been publicly disclosed. The first batch of HF-2Es, which began production in 2008, were reported to have a range of around 600 kilometers – enough to reach only the coastal areas of China immediately facing Taiwan, mostly in its Fujian province.

Reports over the years , however, have suggested that Taiwan has been experimenting with extending the range of the missiles from their originally designed 600 kilometers to beyond 1,000 kilometers, and that an unspecified number of HF-2E missiles have already had their range upgraded.

To ensure survivability in the onset of a Chinese attack, Taiwan reportedly deploys most of the HF-2E cruise missiles on mobile platforms such as modified trucks and has painted civilian markings on some of these trucks to camouflage them.

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A range of 1,200 kilometers would put HF-2E missiles more or less in the same league as the U.S. Tomahawk missile. This would enable Taiwan to attack inland Chinese provinces with valuable military targets, such as Jiangxi and Hunan, where China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force bases station many long-range strike fighter jets and bombers.

Ian Easton, a research fellow at the U.S.-based think tank Project 2049 Institute, told The News Lens in an email that long range missiles such as the HF-2E would give Taiwan the ability to strike back at Chinese targets that were judged to be most threatening toward the island nation’s survival. Such targets could include critical logistics infrastructure supporting PLA offensive operations such as power stations, ports, airports, fuel depots, bridges and rail yards.

The extended range would also enable Taiwan to launch attacks on Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou. While cruise missiles with non-nuclear warheads would not be able to inflict large civilian casualties, their high rate of accuracy could allow Taiwan to attack highly visible targets which would be politically humiliating for the reputation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

“Taiwan could strike the office buildings in Shanghai and elsewhere that host Chinese military cyber operations, or Chinese Communist Party offices and Ministry of Public Security headquarters in all the major cities,” Easton told The News Lens. “You can imagine the internal unrest that could follow.”

US support critical for the program

Experts familiar with the matter said that the initial batch of the production of HF-2E missiles was constrained to a conservative range of 600 kilometers in 2008 due to a political decision made by Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), the president of Taiwan at the time, who consistently downplayed military threats posed by China and sought to avoid antagonizing Beijing.

Su Chi (蘇起), who served as the secretary-general of the National Security Council under Ma from 2008 to 2010, was known to be a vehement opponent of HF-2E and other strike missile programs and blocked several earlier proposals to extend the range of the missiles.

Since Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became president in 2016, however, the government’s desire to accommodate Beijing has waned considerably. Reports started to surface in 2017 that Taiwan was taking its gloves off in empowering its cruise and ballistic missile programs in a standoff against China.

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Still, other reports have pointed to the quietly changing attitude of the United States as a key factor in allowing Taiwan to upgrade and extend the range of the HF-2E missiles over the years. It was reported that past U.S. administrations had been reluctant to provide Taiwan with components used in manufacturing guidance systems for the cruise missiles, fearing that they would be seen by Beijing as offensive weapons.

Under President Donald Trump, however, U.S. defense officials have slowly started to overcome long-standing objections among elements in the U.S. government in providing Taiwan with more attack-oriented weapons and technological support.

Taiwan’s Upmedia reported earlier this year that U.S. officials had lifted a restriction in providing Taiwan with advanced ring laser gyroscopes (RLG), critical components in manufacturing the HF-2E’s guidance systems which would ensure a missile’s accuracy in a long range attack.

David Helvey, the U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs, also said in an October speech at the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference that the U.S. commends President Tsai’s efforts in enhancing Taiwan’s defense, including the boosting of “asymmetric capabilities” such as “land- and sea-based cruise missiles.”

The rapidly expanding military imbalance between China and Taiwan has been cited as a major reason for the changing U.S. attitude towards cross-Strait military buildup. China’s PLA currently deploys around 2,000 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles and cruise missiles with the capability of striking Taiwan. It has also continued to expand and modernize its PLA navy and air force and regularly holds military exercises simulating attacks on Taiwan.

“Given the terrible and growing threats facing Taiwan's government and citizens, it makes perfect sense for Taipei to build large numbers of long range cruise missiles,” said Easton. “They will help make China's authoritarian leaders think twice about provoking war against peaceful democracies.”

Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based think tank International Assessment and Strategy Center, told The News Lens in an email that supporting Taiwan’s cruise missile efforts would appear to be consistent with the Trump administration’s recent decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which freed the United States from decades of self-imposed constraint not to build theater range missiles countering the same threats from China.

“In a decade or so, China's military forces are going to have a far greater global presence, increasing the difficulty for the U.S. to maintain sufficient forces in Asia,” said Fisher. “So it makes sense to help our allies and friends to develop affordable compensating capabilities, such as long range missiles.”

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Taiwan's military has conducted a test launch of the "Hsiung Feng-2E" cruise missile, marking its first public demonstration in nearly two decades of deployment. The missile, codenamed "Hsiung Sheng" and "Hsiung Chien," has a range of 600 and 1,000 + kilometers.

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For several years, the Taiwanese military has viewed the “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile as a strategic asset for conducting counterattacks against mainland China. Details about the missile are strictly confidential. According to a report from Taiwan United Daily News (UDN), the Taiwanese military conducted a test launch of the “Hsiung Feng-2E” missile in the early hours of the 16th of the month. This marked the missile’s first public demonstration in nearly two decades of deployment. The HF-2E missile and the American BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile share many similarities.

UDN published photographs depicting the nighttime launch of a Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) missile from the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung County, the island nation’s southernmost county. The “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile took off from the base at approximately 4:00 a.m., with its rocket booster visibly plummeting to the ground. According to reports, the missile effectively ignited its turbofan engine for cruising, flew without incident for more than an hour, and met all test objectives.

This base is a well-known missile testing range. It is affiliated with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), a leading research institution in Taiwan believed to be responsible for developing the HF-2E missile.

Citing an unidentified source within the defence ministry, another Taiwanese publication, namely the Central News Agency (CNA), confirmed the UDN report. According to this source, the Taiwanese military launched a classified missile on August 16 as part of a three-day live-fire exercise.

The Taiwanese military currently possesses the “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile with a range of 600 kilometres and a range of more than 1,000 kilometres. They have the codenames “Hsiung Sheng” and “Hsiung Chien,” respectively. Due to security concerns, the Taiwanese military refers to both ‘Hsiung Sheng’ and ‘Hsiung Chien’ missiles as ‘Hsiung Sheng’ to the rest of the world. The report stated that the Taiwanese military did not disclose whether this test launch was for the extended-range version of the “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile, but this is the first time in nearly 20 years that launch footage for the “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile has been made public.

Previously, Taiwanese media reported that budgets were allocated to begin developing the “Hsiung Feng-2E” cruise missile as early as the 1990s under the administration of Lee Teng-hui. Due to testing failures caused by system integration issues, the missile did not enter mass production until 2008, following successful evaluations. The Taiwanese military once stated that the missile provided Taiwan the first time the capability to launch strategic strikes against targets deep within the mainland, including strategic targets along the Guangzhou-Shanghai line.

Media reports surfaced in February that Taiwan’s Sun Yat-sen Academy of Sciences launched a cruise missile test on February 7 from its base in Jiupeng, located at the southernmost point of Taiwan, with a range of 1,200 kilometres that could reach cities in eastern China.

South China Morning Post reported that the surface-to-surface missile is an extended-range version of the Xiongfeng IIE, capable of striking targets 1,200 kilometres (746 miles) away, far enough to reach significant Chinese cities such as Qingdao on the east coast and Wuhan in the centre of the country.

The report indicated that the missile was tested in the sky from Ludao to Landao and in the northeast of Yilan County, spanning 300 kilometres from north to south, 180 kilometres from east to west, and up to 30 kilometres in altitude. Four additional tests were expected to be administered during the month.

With the HF-2E’s increased range, the Taiwanese military could strike vital People’s Liberation Army (PLA) targets such as radar stations, missile complexes, airfields, and surveillance and reconnaissance assets.

Asia Times reported in March 2022 that NCSIST intended to construct an additional 34 facilities to increase the production capacity of four specific missile types: the Tien Kung anti-aircraft missile, the Tien Chien air-to-air missile, the air-launched cruise missile Wan Chien, and the anti-ship missile Hsiung Feng.

This initiative aims to increase Taiwan’s annual missile production from 207 units to 497 units by 2023, with production reaching its zenith. Since 2018, NCSIST has invested $249 million to modernise 80 missile production facilities. The remaining facilities are scheduled for completion by June 2022. However, there is no information regarding whether all the facilities were upgraded as planned.

Asia Times published a lengthy article in December 2022 regarding Taiwan’s efforts to develop long-range missiles, including the supersonic Yung Feng cruise missile, the HF-2E cruise missile, and the ballistic missile Ba Dan. The Yung Feng missile was developed after the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1996. Despite the absence of an official statement regarding its incorporation into service, it was acknowledged in 2014 as a potent strike weapon. In August 2019, the first 20 missiles and ten mobile launchers entered service.

The Yung Feng missile was designed for prospective attacks against targets in China’s north-central region. Discreet flight testing was conducted without external organisations’ involvement, frequently under the guise of other missile programmes. After five abortive flight tests, the programme was cancelled in 2004.

Taiwan’s defence department secretly developed and tested the Ba Dan ballistic missile; however, the United States interfered to prevent further development of this weapon.

According to American military experts, Taiwan may transition from a defensive “porcupine” strategy to an offensive “viper” strategy by developing similar projects to the HF-2E. If Beijing initiates a conflict, the “Viper” strategy entails precise missile assaults on Beijing and Shanghai.

However, it remains highly questionable whether subsonic missiles, which lack substantial stealth capabilities, can penetrate China’s multilayered air defence network, a system regarded as one of the most sophisticated and dense in the world. This refers to the Hsiung Feng IIE and Wan Chien air-launched cruise missiles carried by Taiwanese multirole fighters such as the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-Kuo. In addition, the Taiwanese military lacks crucial technologies such as strategic reconnaissance and mid-course guidance for long-range assaults, thereby reducing its actual threat.

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Extended-range missiles ready for use, sky sword: new tien chien ii missiles with a 100km range are to first be adopted by the air force and a decision is expected soon on hsiung feng iie missiles with a 1,000km reach.

By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

An extended-range version of the Tien Chien II “Sky Sword” air-to-air missile has undergone successful testing and is to arm the air force’s Indigenous Defense Fighter jets, a defense official said on condition of anonymity.

Tien Chien II, or TC-2, was originally developed as a family of air-to-air missiles that could be launched from army, navy and air force platforms.

The new TC-2C missiles have an extended effective range of 100km, up from 60km, as well as increased precision, the official said, adding that the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology performed the tests.

An Indigenous Defense Fighter jet carrying a Tien Chien II air-to-air missile is pictured in Hualien County yesterday.

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The Indigenous Defense Fighter jets, which equip two air force tactical fighter wings, have undergone fleetwide improvements that increased their weapons load from two to four Tien Chien II missiles, the official said, adding that carrying four TC-2C missiles significantly increases the firepower of the jets.

The Chungshan Institute is also developing the TC-2N, a dedicated naval version of the Tien Chien II missile that could be fired from warships’ vertical launch systems or other systems, the official said.

The TC-2N is the planned successor for the MIM-72 Chaparral missiles that the navy’s La Fayette-class frigates are equipped with, the official said.

The navy would begin replacing the missiles from 2020, Navy Chief of Staff Lee Tsung-hsiao (李宗孝) last week told the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee.

The TC-2N would be a vast improvement on the obsolete and short-range MIM-72, sources said.

The Chungshan Institute has been improving the performance of all Tien Chien II missile variants, the official said, adding that the air force and navy were happy with the new missile prototypes, but the army has not shown interest.

Chinese-language Up Media yesterday said that the Ministry of National Defense is soon to declare the extended-range variant of Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) cruise missiles ready for mass production.

The HF-2E extended-range surface-to--surface cruise missile has an effective range that exceeds 1,000km, compared with 600km for the older HF-2E.

The weapon was successfully tested for deployment in 2008, and its performance and range have been improved since then, the Web site said.

The ministry is considering three proposals to field and integrate the HF-2E extended-range missiles, and is to submit a brief to President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) for her consideration before initiating mass production, it said.

The first proposal would see the existing 240 HF-2E missiles upgraded to the current standard, Up Media said, adding that officials consider this to be the quickest way to upgrade the missile arsenal.

The second proposal would see the navy field a mixture of the older HF-2E and the extended range variant, it said, adding the third proposal is to increase the overall number of HF-2E missiles in the military’s arsenal, a plan that could be implemented in conjunction with the above two.

Tsai would choose from the options after the ministry submits its brief, it said.

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This action was an integral facet of an ongoing three-day live-fire exercise in waters adjacent to Pingtung’s Jioupeng military base from August 15 through August 17. However, the source refrained from confirming whether the missile was an HF-2E.

Furthermore, the source elaborated that the Air Force’s primary fighter jets, which encompass Mirage-2000s, IDFs, and F-16Vs, were actively engaged in the maneuvers and launched a variety of missiles, including French-manufactured MICA missiles, domestically developed Sky Sword II air-to-air missiles, and US-sourced AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles.

The report also highlighted that naval and Coast Guard vessels participated in the drills. Nonetheless, the island’s military also refrained from confirming the exact identity of the missile launched on Wednesday morning.

However, Su Tzu-yun, a government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) scholar, told CNA that the missile in question was indeed the HF-2E.

He substantiated his viewpoint by referencing the video clip released by UDN, wherein the missile exhibited a two-stage ignition procedure, coupled with the report indicating the missile’s flight duration of approximately an hour.

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The latest report doesn’t present any substantial fresh insights about the HF-2E, which remains shrouded in limited official information.

This missile is recognized as a ground-launched land-attack cruise missile, featuring a design resembling the US Tomahawk in structure and operation.

Taiwan’s military embarked on developing the HF-2E missile in the early 2000s; however, the existence of this missile remained undisclosed until March 2022, when its mention appeared in a report submitted to lawmakers for assessment.

According to the report, the extended-range iteration of the HF-2E boasts the capability to engage targets as far as 1,200 kilometers away; nevertheless, the military has abstained from releasing any photographic or video evidence of the missile.

While the Ministry of National Defense’s report didn’t specify the precise number of HF-2E missiles produced thus far, it did outline plans for the annual production of 131 HF-2 and HF-2E missiles starting in 2024.

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It has been reported that there are no less than two different HF-2E variants, each embodying distinct characteristics—the baseline version and an extended-range iteration.

However, reports offer limited information concerning the maximum ranges attributed to both versions. The base design is believed to have the capability to effectively engage targets positioned within a span of 300 to 600 kilometers (equivalent to 186 to 372 miles).

In contrast, the enhanced variant is said to exhibit an elevated operational rang e, purportedly granting it the capacity to precisely strike designated targets positioned over significantly greater distances, ranging from 1,000 to 1,500 kilometers.

Built upon a mobile land platform, the missile relies on a solid-fueled booster and a liquid-fueled turbojet engine for propulsion. Its trajectory is directed through the integration of INS/GPS guidance systems, while its strike precision is further enhanced by leveraging terrain-matching technology.

Some experts suggest that the missile boasts a pre-terminal accuracy of 15 meters Circular Error Probable (CEP). Furthermore, certain accounts indicate the inclusion of an imaging infrared seeker in the missile’s design, a feature to augment its accuracy.

This enhancement mirrors capabilities seen in other land attack cruise missiles such as the US AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM), Storm Shadow, and more recent iterations of the Tomahawk missile.

While the specifics of the missile’s capabilities remain uncertain, the potential revelation of the HF-2E to the public marks a significant development. This revelation coincides with a period of heightened apprehension, as mounting concerns center around the possibility of Chinese military intervention in Taiwan in the coming years.

The presence of this long-range missile also sheds light on Taiwan’s strategic efforts to address and prepare for the evolving regional security landscape, where discussions about the potential for a Chinese incursion across the Taiwan Strait have gained prominence.

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Hsiung Feng IIE

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The Hsiung Feng IIE (HF-2E) (雄風二E, "Brave Wind IIE") is a surface-to-surface cruise missile system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) in Taiwan and based upon the earlier HF-2 anti-ship missile .

1 Development
2 General characteristics
4 References
5 External references

Development [ ]

According to Taiwan Defense Review (TDR), the HF-2E land attack cruise missile is not a derivative of the Hsiung Feng 2 HF-2 anti-ship missile as it is often incorrectly reported. [1] The use of the "HF-2E" designation is the primary caused of this confusion and was intentionally done to divert attention away from the true nature of the project. [1] The HF-2E is actually a completely different design and is said to be very similar in configuration to the US Navy Tomahawk (RGM-109) cruise missile. [1] Its launch weight is reported to be in the 3,300-3,500 lbs range, including its solid rocket booster. [2]

It is essentially a tactical land attack cruise missile designed for use against military target sets, particularly air-defense fire units and command-and-control facilities and its relatively small warhead size and the rather limited number of missiles planned for procurement clearly suggest that this is not a "first strike" weapon. [3]

The project was first announced in 2001. Following several test firings in 2004 and early 2005 at the Jiu Peng Missile Range in southeastern Taiwan, the baseline HF-2E (Block I) has completed its operational evaluation (OPEVAL) in 2005, the missile flew a low-altitude circuit off Taiwan's southeastern coastline, between Pingtung and Lanyu Island. [2] An improved HF-2E missile was reportedly tested by CSIST at Jui Peng Missile Range on February 2, 2007. [2]

On 10 January 2006, Jane's Defense Weekly reported that Taiwan has built three prototypes of the HF-2E, and plans to build up to 50 of the missiles by 2010, and up to 500 missiles after 2010. The missiles have a range of over 600 km and could threaten major Chinese cities such as Shanghai. Jane's claimed that the HF-2E could reach ranges of up to 1000 km when equipped with more powerful engines from the US, although the US refuses to provide such technology to Taiwan due to concerns over the Missile Technology Control Regime .

The baseline HF-2E Block I land attack cruise missile (LACM) is said to be powered by an indigenously-developed turbofan engine believed to be rated in the 700 lbf (3.1 kN) thrust range and developed by CSIST partially based on technology and experience from the Microturbo 078 turbojet engine used on the Hsiung Feng 2 ( HF-2 ) anti-ship cruise missiles. [2] When equipped with a standard unitary high-explosive 1,000-lb-class warhead, it is said to have a maximum range of 600 km. [2] Other types of warhead are said to be in development, such as cluster submunitions and a hard target penetrator warhead. [2] TDR also reported that through modification of the existing engine and combined with the redesign and reduction of the missile's control and electronic systems, CSIST was able to free-up enough internal space/weight in the missile to allow it to carry additional fuel and extend its range to 1,000 km, [2] although a Defense News report claimed the other version was only an 800 km range missile. [3] The ultimate objective is to develop a missile that has an objective range of up to 2,000 km, using an improved power plant with better fuel efficiency and mission endurance, and possibly a lighter warhead. [2]

The HF-2E Block I missile uses inertial navigation guidance with Global Positioning System (GPS) and terrain matching updates. [2] For terminal guidance, it uses an Imaging infrared IIR with an autonomous digital target recognition system. The IIR terminal seeker is used for target acquisition and to positively identify an optimal aim point. [2] The target image is then compared against digitized files in the memory of the on-board guidance computer. The HF-2E block I missile's cruising speed is high subsonic, typically between Mach 0.75-0.85 range. When the missile approaches hostile territory, it would descend to an altitude of about 15-30m. On its final approach to its target, the missile would climb-up to avoid any physical barriers and to allow its IIR seeker to acquire the target and identify an optimal aim point before plunging down onto the designated impact point. The report in Taiwan Defense Review, credited the HF-2E block I missile with a pre-terminal accuracy of around 15m. [2]

HF-2E missile will primarily be deployed operationally in ground-mobile launchers. The launcher vehicle will carry the HF-2E missiles in protective aluminum box launchers, with wings and control fins retracted, conceptually similar to the trailer-mounted mobile launchers for Tien Kung Sky Bow series surface-to-air missiles and HF-2 coastal defense missiles. The launchers will normally be based in hardened shelters at military installations, with deployment to remote, pre-surveyed launch sites during alert situations. [2]

The low-rate production of the Block I missile was to have started in 7/2005, using funds originally allocated for its R&D, at least five missiles were built. The unit cost per missile was estimated to be at US$3.08 million (2003 US$ dollar value). [2] Another report made in 2006, claimed that three batteries comprising twenty-four mobile launchers and forty-eight missiles were in the final stages of testing and may be fielded within two years. [4]

HF-2E is currently in low volume production in the Project ChiChun (戟隼, jǐ zhǔn, lance hawk ). A TaipeiTimes' news report claimed that President Ma Ying Jeou ordered the production of 300 HF-2E missiles in 2008. [5] Now approved and cleared to enter full volume/serial production in 2011. [6]

General characteristics [ ]

Primary Function: Land attack cruise missile
Power Plant: Solid propellant rocket booster, turbojet or turbofan engine [2] for sustained cruise flight.
Range: 600 km (eventual goal of 1200 km with new turbo fan engine)
Top Speed: 0.85 Mach
Guidance: INS and commercial GPS with in-flight waypoints and corrected by digital maps/terrain matching and forward-looking imaging infrared (IIR) seeker with autonomous target recognition for terminal guidance. [2]
Launch Weight: 3,000-3,500 lbs includes solid rocket booster [1]
Precision: Within 12 m
Warhead: 200 kg
Date deployed: Unknown - approved for official low rate production as of 1/2008

References [ ]

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fu S. Mei. "Towards a Counter-Deterrent Capability Part I," Taiwan Defense Review, June 21, 2001.
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Fu S. Mei. "HF-2E Cruises Along," Taiwan Defense Review, March 27, 2007.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnick, Wendell. "Taiwan Proceeds on LACM," Defense News, September 15, 2008.
↑ Stokes, Mark A. "Taiwan's Security - Beyond the Special Budget," American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, March 2006.
↑ Hazeldine, Richard. "US Trying to block Taiwan missiles: 'Defense News'," TaipeiTimes, October 29, 2008.
↑ http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/BREAKINGNEWS1/6021660.shtml

External references [ ]

UDN article on final development stages
StrategyPage article on deployment

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