Taiwan deploys advanced early warning radar system
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Buy SPH photosTAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan has put into service a US-made billion-dollar early warning radar system capable of giving more than six minutes' warning of a Chinese missile attack, a senior officer said Sunday.
The radar, on top of a mountain in the northern county of Hsinchu, started providing surveillance information after a ceremony presided over by the chief of the general staff, air force General Yen Ming, on Friday.
"The radar is able to provide us with more than six minutes' warning in preparation for any surprise attacks," air force Lieutenant General Wu Wan-chiao told AFP.
The Liberty Times newspaper said the phased array warning system, which cost Tw$40.9 billion (S$1.7 billion), is capable of detecting flying objects up to 5,000 kilometres away.
