Suspected wreckage of Taiwan's Xiongfeng-2E cruise missile appears? Taiwanese military responds to Xiongfeng | missile | -2E
On the 20th, the Taiwan military responded that this was a target aircraft used to verify the use of air-to-air missiles. Due to poor weather conditions, it fell into the sea and the military has sent personnel to salvage and recover it.
According to reports, there were rumors outside that the bright orange floating debris was believed to be the remains of an undisclosed "Xiongsheng" missile with a range of 1200 kilometers.
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According to reports, the Taiwanese military currently possesses the Xiongfeng-2E with a range of 600 kilometers and the extended range Xiongfeng-2E cruise missile with a range of over 1000 kilometers. The two codes are "Xiongsheng" and "Xiongfalcon" respectively. "However, due to confidentiality reasons, the Taiwanese military has collectively referred to the deployed 'Xiongsheng' and 'Xiongfalcon' missiles as' Xiongsheng 'to the outside world.". The report stated that the Taiwanese military did not disclose whether the test fired on the 16th was an extended range "Xiongfeng-2E", but this is the first time in nearly 20 years that the launch footage of the "Xiongfeng-2E" cruise missile has been exposed.