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Taipei, June 20 (CNA) There were no casualties following a rocket launch malfunction during a live-fire exercise in southern Taiwan on Monday, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
No injuries were reported after a multiple rocket launch system malfunctioned during live-fire exercises in Pingtung County, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday.
The incident happened during drills at Jiupeng Military Base in Manjhou Township (滿州) when a rocket inside a Ray-Ting 2000 (Thunderbolt-2000) multiple rocket launcher failed to launch for unknown reasons, the army said in a statement.
The rocket got stuck in the launch tube and burning propellant damaged the truck carrying the launcher, the army said.
An army task force and experts from the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology are investigating the cause of the malfunction, it