Hsiung Feng IIE - General Characteristics

General Characteristics

  • Primary Function: Land attack cruise missile
  • Power Plant: Solid propellant rocket booster, turbojet or turbofan engine for sustained cruise flight.
  • Range: 600 km (eventual goal of 1000 km with new turbo fan engine)
  • Top Speed: 0.85 Mach
  • Guidance: INS and commercial GPS with in-flight waypoints and corrected by digital maps/terrain matching and forward-looking imaging infrared (IIR) seeker with autonomous target recognition for terminal guidance.
  • Launch Weight: 3,000-3,500 lbs includes solid rocket booster
  • Precision: Within 12 m
  • Warhead: 200 kg
  • Date deployed: Unknown - approved for official low rate production as of 1/2008

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