Missile production passes key test: source

MANUFACTURING RACE: An official said that the NCSIST, which had optimized its assembly lines, overcame challenges posed by the number of orders it received By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Taiwan has produced 2,577 missiles over the past five years, passing a key test of the nation’s capability to surge military production, a high-ranking defense official said yesterday.The National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) achieved the figure by manufacturing missiles at capacity in the race to fill the orders authorized under the Sea-Air Combat Power Improvement Plan, the official said on condition of anonymity.The orders included the land-and ship-based versions of the Hsiung Feng (雄風, “Brave Wind”) II and III a