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The Sky Bow, or Tien Kung, are a series of surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile and anti-aircraft defense systems developed by Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Develo
Tien Kung III Missile Model with Launcher Trailer Display at Military Academy Ground
Sky Bow I Surface-to-Air Missile in Chengkungling.
Tien Kung II Missile Launcher Display at Hukou Camp Ground
Tien Kung II Missile Launcher with Truck Display at Gangshan Air Force Base Apron
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense, is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system, deployed since 2008, designed to intercept and destroy short-, m
Sky Bow
…to be completed by 2026. Previously, the United States had given Taiwan the options of upgrading the Hawk, buying the NASAMS system, and/or buying the THAAD missile system to replace their Hawks. The Ministry of National Defense ultimately decided to pursue the development of indigenous weapons to meet the…
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor being fired during an exercise in 2013
A US Army THAAD transported by a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
The AN/TPY-2 radar
THAAD's threat interception process