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| | Sky Bow II / Tien Kung II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Sky Bow II / Tien Kung II Taiwan's overall air defense architecture consists of three sets of Patriot missile systems, primarily intended to intercept guided missiles, along with six sets of Tien Kung I and Tien Kung II missile systems responsible for medium- and high-altitude targets. |
 | | The T'IEN-KUNG II SAM is 9.1 meters long, has a diameter of 0.57 meters, weighs 1,100 kilograms, and has a top speed of Mach 4.0, a maximum range of 100 kilometers, and a warhead weighing 90 kilograms. |
 | | Based on Taiwan's current level of technology and equipment, the accuracy of Taiwan's guided missile should be within about a 1,000 meter circumference of the aiming point. |
| www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/skybow-2.htm (323 words) |
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