Taiwan east coast residents treated to spectacular Christmas light show in the form of missile tests

missile fired in Taitung County Taiwan, Christmas Day, 2020

December 26, 2020December 26, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment missile, NCSIST, Sky Bow III, Tien-kung III

On Christmas Eve, and the evening of Christmas day, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) test fired missiles from Taitung County, and Pingtung County, in what experts believe was an anti-missile intercept test. At 8:00 pm this evening, December 25, a missile blasted into the sky in Chenggong Township, Taitung County, providing a loud, spectacular light display until it disappeared around 20 seconds later. While the Ministry of National Defense (MND) and NCSIST stayed mum on the issue

Taiwan-owned military drone on Japanese beach

Breaking News Military Affairs

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment NCSIST, UAV

Taiwan’s military research institute, National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has verified that a drone found on Taketomi Island, Okinawa, is one of its own. The military drone was found on the island September 8. Marked “MQM-107E,” the drone was identified as an American made model used by the US military, but also sold to other countries, including Taiwan. The US military denied that it was one of their own units, and the Chinese characters for “left” and