The Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology’s core mission is to execute an independent national defense policy, promote the industrial implementation of the results of defense technology research, and play a leadership role in system supply chain integration, institute president Gao Chung-hsing said in an interview with ‘Liberty Times’ (sister newspaper of the ‘Taipei Times’) staff reporters Su Yung-yao, Aaron Tu and Lu Yi-hsuan
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 04, 2017
By: staff reporters Su Yung-yao, Aaron Tu and Lu Yi-hsuan
Liberty Times (LT): President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has advocated an independent national defense
A model of a new training jet is displayed at the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology’s stand at the Greater Taichung International Expo Center on Nov. 16. Photo: Su Chin-fong, Taipei Times
industry since assuming office. What role does the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology play in independent national defense?
Gao Chung-hsing (杲中興): Since the institute transitioned into an independent administrative institution in 2014, its core mission has been to execute an independent national defense policy to research, develop and manufacture reliable and powerful weapons and equipment that are not controlled by others, and cooperate with the government’s policy by promoting the industrialization of the results of the research and development of national defense technology and act as a locomotive that leads the national defense industry and economic growth.
Independent national defense also requires the expansion of dual-use technologies.
Industrial defense technology is like a pyramid. On the top are systems like the active electronically scanned array radar, the Tien Kung [“Sky Bow”] missile and the Hsiung Feng [“Brave Wind” missiles, which have limited civilian applications. [FULL STORY]
