Missiles, Rockets and Cannons… Taiwan ready to give a befitting reply to China

China may be attacking around Taiwan with short-range ballistic missile DF-15. But Taiwan is no less. He also has many weapons for air security. In which howitzer cannon, anti-aircraft missiles, surface to air missiles are included. Today we will tell you about these wonderful weapons which can give a befitting reply to China’s attack.

M109 Paladin Howitzer (M109 Paladin Self Propelled Howitzer): It is a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer gun manufactured in America. Its length is 30 feet. Four people are needed to run it. It takes a 155 mm  bullet. This cannon can fire four shells every minute. Its range is from 21 to 40 km. It is fitted with an M2 machine gun. This tank can go up to 350 km at a time. 36 to 39 shells can be stored in this tank.

Stinger Missile: The Stinger Missile is a Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS). It is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). With this you can fly a helicopter, fighter jet, tank or any type of armored vehicle. It currently has 13 variants. They can be attacked even in the dark of night. Its RMP version is the world’s most accurate MANPADS weapon. Its success rate is more than 90 percent. The missile strikes the target at supersonic speed. Apart from this, it can be fired by putting it on the tank. It is called M6 Linebacker. It can be fired from the Multi-Mission Launcher (MML). It can be launched from Eurocopter and Apache helicopter. It can be targeted at the enemy by attaching it to the MQ-1 Predator drone.

M142 HIMARS Artillery Rocket System : It is a light multiple rocket launcher. Which has been used continuously in different wars since 2010. Its length is 23 feet. Three people are needed to run it. Its range is from 2 km to 300 km. It consists of a set of 6 rockets of 227 millimeters. The HIMARS launcher can be carried up to a range of 480 km at a speed of 85 km per hour.

RIM-7 Sea Sparrow: It is a ship borne short range anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system. That is, it can destroy the enemy plane, warship or missile from the warship. Its weight is 230 kg. An annular blast fragmentation warhead is installed in the 12 feet long missile. Whose life is 41 kg. Its operational range is 19 km. The maximum speed is 4256 kmph. That is, the enemy does not get a chance to escape.

M1 Abrams Tanks: The M1 Abrams Tanks are the third generation of American guns. Which Taiwan is preparing to take. These guns have celebrated their irony in the Gulf War, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Yemen etc. Just as many countries helped Ukraine during the Russo-Ukraine War. America can also help Taiwan through this tank. Four crews live in this tank. It takes a 120 millimeter round. Apart from this, there is a heavy machine gun of .50 caliber. Which fires 900 rounds per minute. Apart from this, there are 2×7.62 mm M240 machine guns. Which can fire 10,400 rounds in a minute. This cannon can run at a maximum speed of 67 kilometers per hour. 42 shells can be kept in this tank.

MIM-72 Chaparral: It is an American self-propelled surface to air missile. That is, as soon as its radar saw the enemy aircraft, it would fly by fixing its target itself. So far 10 variants of it have been made. Which are run by land and warship. Their length is 9.6 feet. Weight is about 86 kg. They attack at a maximum speed of 1789 kilometers per hour. The minimum range is 590 feet and the maximum range is 5 kilometres. Can go up to a maximum height of 10 thousand feet.

Sky Sword-II: Taiwan’s medium range radar guided air-to-air missile. Taiwan has had it since 1990. Its weight is 184 kg. Its operational range is 100 km. Its speed makes it very deadly. It moves towards the enemy at a speed of 7408 kilometers per hour. That is, the radar or the enemy does not get a chance to prepare. There are four variants of this missile. It is similar to India’s BrahMos missile. It can be launched from fighter jet, warship or even from the ground.

M-9 Sidewinder: It is a short range air-to-air missile. America has been making it continuously since 1953. Weighing 85.3 kg, this missile is 9.11 feet long. An annular blast fragmentation warhead is installed in it. Whose weight is 9.4 kg. It moves towards the enemy at a speed of 3087 kilometers per hour.

Sky Bow III: Taiwan’s surface-to-air ballistic missile. It is also called as Tien Kung. Its goal is hit to kill. The weight is 870 kg. The length is 5.49 meters. The dangerous thing is its speed. It runs at a speed of 8348.8 kilometers per hour. That is, the enemy does not have time to make preparations to escape. Its range is 200 km. When the range is low and the speed is high, the enemy has no choice but to die.