Taiwanese Mil Tech on Display

Taiwan's first military National Day parade in 16 years offers a fascinating glimpse into Taiwanese military technology. This article from AFP has some great photos of Taiwanese special forces troops, and describes in some detail the indigenous missiles included in the parade. It also notes that not all of Taiwan's missiles were shown:

But the island's first cruise missile, the Hsiung-feng 2E -- which because of its range could reach the Chinese mainland -- was not on display following reported pressure from Taipei's main ally Washington.

The missile's specifications are not available, but
analysts say it has a range of at least 600 kilometres (375 miles) and could be launched on land or at sea.

That could bring airports and missile bases in southeastern China, as well as cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong, within striking distance.

Also on display were home-grown UAVs (most likely those developed by the government-owned Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) and
first announced in 2005) and the Tien Kung III, an indigenous anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) developed by the Chun Shan Institute of Science and Technology, and meant to be the equivalent of the Patriot PAC 3.