A 25-year-old airman is believed to have yesterday jumped off the top of a building in Taichung after killing his two sons, police said, citing a suicide note.
Paramedics found the man, identified by the surname Hsiao (蕭), unconscious in Tanzih District (潭子), after receiving a call of a man falling from a building at about 2:20am yesterday, the Taichung Fire Bureau said.
As of press time last night, doctors were still trying to resuscitate Hsiao, who was in critical condition.
At the residence of Hsiao’s wife, on the third floor of the building, police officers found the bodies of the couple’s sons,
Air Force showcases Taiwan-made long-range cruise missile in drill
01/26/2021 06:07 PM
CNA photo Jan. 26, 2021
Tainan, Jan. 26 (CNA) Taiwan s Air Force on Tuesday conducted a rare public drill of loading a type of locally made cruise missiles that reportedly has a range within reach of coastal Chinese provinces to one of its fighters, amid increasing military threats from the other side of the Taiwan Strait.
In the drill held at the southern Tainan air base, flight crew from the First Tactical Fighter Wing deployed the Wan Chien (10 thousand swords) air-to-ground cruise missiles on an Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jet.
The missile, developed by the military s top research unit, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), is said to be able to hit Chinese airports and military units in coastal Fujian and Guangdong provinces if fired by Taiwanese fighter jets from around the median line of the strait.
Locally made missiles on display at air force drill
Staff writer, with CNA
The air force yesterday conducted a rare public drill, loading locally made cruise missiles that reportedly can reach coastal Chinese provinces, amid an increase in military threats from Beijing.
Flight personnel from the First Tactical Fighter Wing loaded an Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) jet with Wan Chien air-to-ground cruise missiles at Tainan Air Base.
The missile, developed by the military’s top research unit, the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, is said to be able to hit Chinese airports and military units in China’s Fujian and Guangdong provinces if fired from Taiwanese fighter jets from near the median line of the Taiwan Strait.