Tien Ma 1
Sky Horse is a ballistic missile developed secretly by Taiwan in the late 1970s, with a considerable number being produced.
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Development
Development
Sky Horse was developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST), and was associated with the country's then-secret nuclear weapons program. With a range of 600-950 kilometres, it would have been capable of striking pre-emptively at ports, airfields or missile bases on the Mainland in an arc from Shanghai to Zhanjiang. The Sky Horse was to be the primary delivery vehicle for the Taiwanese nuclear weapons. The secondary delivery vehicle was planned to be the then in development AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo.
Project cancellation
Project cancellation
The Sky Horse project was cancelled partly due to pressure from the US, and partly so that the CSIST could concentrate on the Sky Bow missile. There were calls to revive the program in response to China's missile threats during 1995 and 1996. A senior Taiwanese official admitted that Taiwan was 'taken aback by China's moves', and there were fears that these could lead to an arms race.
General characteristics
General characteristics
• Length: > 20 metres • Propellant: Solid fuel • Range: Estimated 600 – 950 km • Guidance: Inertial • Launch platform: Land-based • Payload: ~ 350 kg
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Tien Ma 1 is associated with Taiwan.
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- “Sky Horse”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q10940855: Tien Ma 1
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Sky Horse, revision 1352013849 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.Taipei Times. Lien says Taiwan needs new long-range missile. 2017-02-11.
- 2.Thad Cochran. National Missile Defense and Prospects for U.S. - Russia Abm Treaty Accommodation: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. DIANE Publishing. 141. 1 June 1997. 978-0-7881-8304-1.
- 3.Gary Klintworth. 9. CHINESE DEFENSE MODERNIZATION AND THE SECURITY OF TAIWAN. Rand.org.
- 4.ANDREA STRICKER, DAVID ALBRIGHT AND. TAIWAN'S FORMER NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. institute for science and international security. 2018. 978-1727337334.
- 5.Dinshaw Mistry. Containing Missile Proliferation: Strategic Technology, Security Regimes, and International Cooperation in Arms Control. University of Washington Press. 97. 20 June 2013. 978-0-295-80252-7.
- 6.Routledge. Taiwan's Security and Air Power: Taiwan's Defense Against the Air Threat from Mainland China. 101. 23 November 2004. 978-1-134-35053-7.
- 7.Articles.latimes.com. China's Missile Launches Threaten to Trigger an Arms Race in Asia - Page 2 - latimes. 1996-03-21.
- 8.DIANE Publishing. Technologies underlying weapons of mass destruction. 208. 978-1-4289-2110-8.
- 9.Design Characteristics of Taiwan's Ballistic Missiles. Nti.org.
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