SINGAPORE - When a 27-year-old medical officer with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) found out that he would be heading to Turkey in the aftermath of a massive earthquake on Tuesday, he quickly geared up for the task. Although filled with a sense of nervousness, Captain (Dr) Nicholas Tan Yun Feng, a full-time national serviceman (NSF), also looked forward.
Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) The former head of Taiwan military's top research unit has disclosed in a recently published memoir that the nation's domestically developed supersonic land-attack cruise missile has a range of 1,000 kilometers, meaning it could reach as far as China's capital Beijing.
By Aaron Tu, Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerFormer Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology （CSIST） president Kung Chia-cheng （龔家政） made known some behind-the-scenes details of the nation’s missile development in a memoir published by Academia Sinica’s Institute of Modern History last month.