Land Sword 2 Ground-Based Air Defence Debuts
An Older Air-to-Air Missile Evolves Beyond Earlier Dreams
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18 April 2024 (Thursday)/Updated 20 April 2024
Land Sword 2 Ground-Based Air Defence Debuts
An Older Air-to-Air Missile Evolves Beyond Earlier Dreams
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
TAIPEI - On 16 April 2024 (Tuesday), Taiwan’s military showcased a road-mobile Lu Chien 2 (Land Sword/陸射劍二) ground-based air defence (GBAD) at the Jiupeng Missile Testing Base in Pingtung County on Taiwan’s southeast coast.