January 3, 2008:
Taiwan now believes
that China has 1,328 ballistic missiles
aimed at them. That's up from 200 in 2000. Most of these are Dong Feng (DF)-11
and Dong Feng (DF)-15 models. The DF11 (also known as the M11) has a range of
300 kilometers and carries a one ton warhead. The DF15 (M9) has a range of 600
kilometers and carries a half ton warhead. There are also over a thousand
Chinese warplanes and over 100,000 troops (including several brigades of paratroopers)
available for an attack on the island. The missiles would use high explosive or
cluster bomb warheads, and would basically be "bombs" that could not be
stopped. Well, that's not exactly the case. Taiwan is investing in an
anti-missile system that would negate a large number of the Chinese missiles.