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| | People's Daily Online -- Taiwan intends to build Asia's largest missile base, local media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Jiupeng base, located in Pingdong Province of the island, has been a key area of missile research and test of Taiwan army, and is called the "Space Center Houston" of Taiwan. |
 | | After decades of development, Jiupeng Base gathers all the island's secrets in high-precision observation, calculation, missile guidance, research and development, and is the island's sole camp of test missile launch and important long-range projecting system tests. |
 | | According to a commander of the base, from 10:12 to around 11:00 every morning, many intelligence satellites will gather right over the base, at that time testing staff of the base will be ordered to "shut down" their computers or devices. |
| english.peopledaily.com.cn /200411/08/eng20041108_163078.html (612 words) |
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