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Updated Thursday, October 11, 2007 0:00 am TWN, The China Post news staff and CNA

Nation’s advanced weaponry featured in National Day parade

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The highlight of the 2007 National Day celebration was a military parade in front of the Presidential Office, held for the first time in 16 years.

The display of locally developed advanced missiles, including the Hsiung Feng-3 missile and the anti-tactical ballistic missile Tien Kung-3, added to a performance by tri-service marching bands and an air force display of the latest aircraft models.

Other highlights included eight-wheel-drive CM-32 Clouded Leopard vehicles, an Avenger air defense missile system armed with Stinger missiles, as well as armored Humvees equipped with TOW armor-piercing missiles.

Also taking part in the parade were an Assault Amphibian Vehicle AAVP7 purchased from the United States in 2001, mobile army and marine radar, and a pontoon bridge of the engineering corps.

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	The highlight of the 2007 National Day celebration was a military parade in front of the Presidential Office, held for the first time in 16 years. The display of locally developed advanced missiles, including the Hsiung Feng-3 missile and the anti-tactical ballistic missile Tien Kung-3, added to a ... Enlarge Photo


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