Taiwan mistakenly fires missile towards China

[somebozo]

Very likely a warning shot or trial gone wrong..

 

[anas_nurhafidz]

What a “carrier killer”
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"Carrier killer" Ashm with very low explo, Even Fishing boat can't sunk

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Earlier in the day, Mei said the missile blunder, which occurred during a drill, was most likely caused by human error and by missile operators not following standard procedure.

 

[CorporateAffairs]

are you sure

Brahmos.

 

[graphican]

China can wipe out Taiwan if they made a similar "human error". Taiwan better think few times before they make their next "human error".

 

[Viet]

not too bad. a Taiwanese made superkiller supersonic superlong missile aimed to destroy Chinese navy fell short, and destroyed a Taiwanese wooden fishing boat (well, half destroyed), killing a Taiwanese fisher. I´m afraid the mainlanders laugh to death, and the commander in chief, Ms. Tsai Ing-wen makes the country to a laughing stock of the world. but at least, she has a good laugh on this picture

 

[cirr]

Brahmos.

But according to our Taiwanese brothers, their Hsiung-Feng III missile is better than Brahmos.

 

[Laozi]

Taiwan mistakenly fires ‘carrier killer’ missile towards China

http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world...ds-china/ar-AAhPGIk?li=AA524f&ocid=spartanntp

A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic “aircraft carrier killer” missile towards China on Friday, the navy said, as ties between the island and its once bitter rival deteriorate.

The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile, with a range of 300 kilometres (around 200 miles), flew about 75 kilometres before plunging into waters off Penghu, a Taiwanese-administered island group in the Taiwan Strait.

The navy said it was not immediately clear how the missile had come to be launched, but suggested it could have been due to human error.

“Our initial investigation found that the operation was not done in accordance with normal procedure,” Vice Admiral Mei Chia-shu told reporters, adding that an investigation was under way.

The missile was fired during a drill at around 8:10 am (00:10 GMT) from a 500-tonne missile ship docked at a naval base in the southern city of Tsoying and flew in the direction of China.

Helicopters and navy ships were sent to search for the missile, Mei said, adding that the military had reported the gaffe to the island’s top security body, the National Security Conference.

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Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, which handles China policy, declined to say whether the incident had been reported to Beijing.

Ties between Taipei and Beijing have deteriorated noticeably since President Tsai Ing-wen of the China-sceptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected in January.

China still insists that self-ruling Taiwan is part of its territory, even though the two sides split in 1949 after a civil war, and has not ruled out using force to bring about reunification.

 

[Imran Khan]

and that carerr killer missile can not sunk a fishing boat

this is what its done

 

[war&peace]

So why did it fell after 75 km...any technical fault, does it has a kill switch so they killed it in the mid-air or Chinese shot down?

 

[punit]

So why did it fell after 75 km...any technical fault, does it has a kill switch so they killed it in the mid-air or Chinese shot down?

IMO every missile comes with it.

 

[TheTheoryOfMilitaryLogistics]

with a range of 300 kilometres (around 200 miles),

300km "carrier killer"

 

[T-Rex]

Hsiung-Feng III missile

The size of it indicates its destructive power. I don't believe it can sink a carrier.

 

[Jlaw]

You should check out the ignorant comments from ignorant Indians in the times of India. Their ignorance has reached to a point it's has become hilarious.

do post the link

 

[greenwood]

RIP

 

[dingyibvs]

Now, now, it probably didn't carry a real warhead or it didn't detonate. Any tiny amount of explosives should be able to annihilate that fishing boat. That it struck a small fishing boat 70km away is actually not bad at all in terms of accuracy.