Taiwanese supersonic missile can target Beijing, warns senior Taiwanese

Taipei: Senior Taiwanese leader, You Si-kun warned that the indigenously developed Taiwanese supersonic missile Yun Feng can target the Chinese capital Beijing. Taiwan will not take the initiative to launch an attack on China. Kun warned that before launching an attack on Taiwan, China should be aware that Taiwan also has retaliatory capacity. It is believed that the range of the Yun Feng missile is 2,000 kilometres and can attain the speed of 3 Mach.

Only last week, Chinese Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe warned that China will fight every effort to separate Taiwan from China with all its might until the very end. Before that, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin openly mentioned the possible Chinese threats to Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific sector. The US Secretary of Defence expressed concern that China could start a war to gain control over Taiwan. Against this background, the warning issued by the Taiwanese leader becomes significant.

Moreover, China claims Taiwan to be its sovereign territory. China had warned that if the pro-democracy groups continued to incite China and cross the limit, China would not be left with any option other than a decisive action against Taiwan. At the same time. The Chinese stand is clear that the countries cooperating with China should respect the One China Policy and not have any diplomatic or military cooperation with Taiwan. But the US defence department has maintained military cooperation with Taiwan in defiance of the Chinese bullying.

During the tenure of former US President Donald Trump, the United States supplied military aid on a big scale to Taiwan. But the Biden administration started creating hurdles in the weapons supply to Taiwan. Taiwan is complaining that the US weapons supply is not sufficient and timely. Against this background, Taiwan has increased the stress on indigenous development of weapons systems and has claimed it can counter China.