Upmedia reports that Taiwan will begin the development of an air-launched variant of the HF-3 supersonic anti-ship missile.
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The weapon will be carried by the indigenous IDF fighter and around $314 million has been allocated for the project which will be called Hsiung Chih. This will be Taiwan’s first anti-ship missile that can be fired from land, sea and air.
While the missile will be externally the same as the ship-borne variant, it will undergo weight reductions so that it can be within 950kg. This will place a limit on the amount of fuel and reduce the range to 120km.
Development is expected to take five years and a small number will be produced after the missile clears its initial test flights.
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