According to Taiwanese media reports, Taiwan's " Chinese Academy of Sciences " will officially change the name of the "Yunfeng Missile" to the "Qingtian Hypersonic Cruise Missile" before the end of June, and will conduct various combat evaluations one by one in the second half of the year. Taiwan has not officially responded to speculation about whether the name change means Taiwan will soon possess the hypersonic weapon . On the other hand, You Xikun, the "Legislative President" of the DPP authorities who has always dared to "speak", intentionally or unintentionally revealed in mid-June that the "Yunfeng missile" can hit Beijing. The so-called "dead deer has to breathe even if it is a dog", and he advised Beijing to confront Taiwan "Think twice" before using force.
Taiwanese media speculated on the "Yunfeng Type 2" test firing scene
Hypersonic weapons are hypersonic weapons. can fly at a speed exceeding 5 times the speed of sound in the upper atmosphere. is flexible and highly maneuverable, making it difficult for the enemy to track and attack. Interception. It is generally believed in the industry that at least five countries including China, the United States, Russia, India, and North Korea are currently researching hypersonic technology. China's " Dongfeng-17" and Russia's "Zircon" and "Pioneer" are already in service. Will Taiwan's "Qingtian" become the next hypersonic weapon deployed?
After Tsai Ing-wen came to power, she promoted the "High-altitude and High-speed Cruise Missile" project under the code name "Yunfeng II". In recent years, Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" has frequently conducted "infinite-high missile" test launches in the Taitung area, and outsiders speculate that these include the "Yunfeng" missile. According to Taiwan's "Mirror Weekly", the "Infinite High Missile" tested by Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" in late March this year has enhanced the supersonic ramjet engine design, with a speed of up to Mach 6 and a range of more than 2,000 kilometers, covering Beijing, Shanghai, etc. Important cities in mainland China. In addition, Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" "Tiangong III" extended-range missile uses four vertical launchers. The missile can adjust its orientation after launch. It has a maximum speed of Mach 7 and a range of more than 200 kilometers. It can engage nine enemies at the same time. Target .
Because the test-firing of missiles at Jiupeng Base in Pingtung "very satisfied the senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense", the president of Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" issued high bonuses on the spot to reward relevant R&D personnel. Taiwan media even claimed that the successful test launch of the "Yunfeng Missile" showed that Taiwan's military strategy "has transformed from a passive defensive to a forced offensive and defensive strategy." "Once the Communist army rashly invades Taiwan, it will inevitably pay a heavy price." cost".
"Yunfeng" missile range diagram
Previously, the "Missile Threat (Missile Threat)" report released by the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in 2021 claimed that the "Yunfeng Missile" is a supersonic cruise missile . Moreover, it is one of the few strategic assets in Taiwan that can reach the central and northern regions of China. However, the report believes that the flight speed of the "Yunfeng Missile" is 1,030 meters per second, which is three times the speed of sound.
In this regard, some media on the island believe that compared with the "Yunfeng Type 1", the "Yunfeng Type 2" launched by Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" is significantly different in appearance from the former - the missile is from launch to acceleration The "propulsion and afterburner section" of the rocket was changed from the original four bundled solid-state rockets to a single-section propulsion rocket. When the flight speed of the projectile reaches supersonic speed, the missile will separate from the single-section propulsion rocket and start the ramjet engine to start cruising.
It is understood that the defense department of the Taiwan authorities has allocated more than NT$3.64 billion this year to develop the "Yunfeng II" missile. Since the missile has a range of up to 2,000 kilometers and a test flight speed of Mach 6, Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" will officially change the name of the project to "Qingtian Hypersonic Cruise Missile" before the end of June after consulting the Taiwan authorities' defense department for approval.
Since the "Yunfeng II missile" ("Qingtian missile") has never been seen, Taiwanese military expert Shi Xiaowei recently believed that although it is certain that the Taiwan military is indeed producing the "Yunfeng missile", the "Yunfeng (II) missile" In fact, no one can figure out whether the missile is a "high-altitude, high-speed cruise missile" or an upgraded version of the "Xiongsheng missile". It believes that the information released by the Taiwan authorities is mixed with truth and falsehood to prevent the source of the information from being recognized.
However, Huang Xiaopeng, a retired Taiwanese military officer, believes that Taiwan has obtained "the key technology of long-range missiles" and "the Optimus hypersonic cruise missile can really hit Beijing, which is only 1,721 kilometers away from Taipei", and "the entire China (Mainland) The coastline, from the Lushun Military Port in Liaoning, which is 1,536 kilometers away from Taipei in the north, to the Sanya Military Port, which is Kaohsiung 1,227 kilometers away in the south, is within Taiwan's fire control range."
Su Ziyun, director of the Defense Security and Industry Research Institute of the National Defense Security Research Institute, which is affiliated to the Taiwan military, emphasized that "according to the deployment of the number of military airports and other facilities of the Chinese Communist Party, Taiwan should prepare more than 500 Yunfeng missiles."
Taiwan's "Hsiung Feng 3" supersonic cruise missile
Although the "Qingtian missile" (Yunfeng II) is titled " hypersonic ", Taiwan's defense department has never dared to admit that it has developed hypersonic weapons. Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" has not officially released relevant data. Some mainland experts have pointed out that the highest technological achievement of Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" is actually a cruise missile modification of the "Xiong-3" supersonic anti-ship missile. The "Yunfeng" missile uses the ramjet engine , but based on the size and weight of the missile, it is unlikely to fly 2,000 kilometers at a Mach 3 cruising speed, let alone fly that far at more than five times the speed of sound.
According to Taiwanese sources, the "Qingtian missile" is the largest missile in Taiwan. The missile uses a ramjet engine as the main body, and is about 14 meters long with a single-section propulsion rocket, and the diameter of the missile is about 1.2 meters. The U.S. Air Force's AGM-183A hypersonic missile is about 5.9 meters in length and 0.66 meters in diameter, which is more than half smaller than the "Sky Missile". The maximum range is 1,600 kilometers. Only one of the four test launches was successful. In addition, judging from the Taiwan military's currently most advanced extended-range "Xiong-3" anti-ship missile, its range will not exceed 300 kilometers. If the speed of its "Qingtian Missile" is increased to hypersonic speed, its Technologies such as scramjet are definitely âworld-classâ.
Taken together, Taiwan's so-called "Qingtian hypersonic cruise missile" is probably just an immature high-altitude and high-speed cruise missile. In other words, the sheep's head may not necessarily sell the mutton, but the "hypersonic" may just be the Taiwan military. A long-term goal of the party. So why does Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" give it the name "hypersonic"? The main motivation is to cooperate with the Democratic Progressive Party authorities' cognitive operations, use the inflated version of "hysonic missiles" to fuel Taiwanese society's fantasy of "rejecting reunification with force" and create an illusory sense of security with a "balance of terror".
You Xikun
You Xikun, who advocated that the "Yunfeng Missile" could hit Beijing, later changed his mind. Regarding the information about the "Yunfeng Missile", he only learned about it after reading media reports, and he was not involved in the "National Security". You also pointed out through his staff that he wanted to emphasize that Taiwanese people are not easy to "tame" and to remind everyone to be mentally prepared. Because of this, 's so-called "Qingtian Hypersonic Cruise Missile" is to a large extent a spiritual "fake bomb."
html On June 15, the spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded to You Xikun's claim that the "Yunfeng missile" developed by Taiwan can hit Beijing. He pointed out that there is an ancient Chinese saying, "If heaven wants it to die, it will make it crazy." The ravings of "Taiwan independence" die-hards like You Xikun have once again exposed their insane nature. If you dare to hit an egg against a stone, your demise will be hastened.
