Hsiung Feng III

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The '''Hsiung Feng III''' ('''HF-3'''; {{lang-zh|t=雄風三型|p=Xióngfēng sān xíng}}, "Brave Wind III") is a medium range [[supersonic]] missile with capabilities to destroy both land based targets and [[anti-ship missile|naval targets]] developed by the [[National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology]] (NCSIST) in [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36680899|title=Taiwan mistakenly fires supersonic missile killing one - BBC News|work=BBC News|date=July 2016|access-date=2017-02-02|archive-date=2017-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122080225/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36680899|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncsist.org.tw/eng/csistdup/products/product.aspx?product_Id=10&catalog=30|title=NCSIST|website=www.ncsist.org.tw|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2017-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103736/http://www.ncsist.org.tw/eng/csistdup/products/product.aspx?product_Id=10&catalog=30|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/taiwan-reportedly-plans-upgrade-supersonic-hsiung-feng-iii-18120|title=Taiwan Reportedly Plans to Upgrade Supersonic Hsiung Feng III Missiles|last=Hsiao|first=Russell|website=The National Interest|date=20 October 2016|language=en|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201130522/http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/taiwan-reportedly-plans-upgrade-supersonic-hsiung-feng-iii-18120|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Design == Initial prototype versions of the missile used the design of an integrated rocket [[ramjet]] to achieve [[supersonic speed]]s. It uses a solid fuel main booster with two side-by-side solid-propellant jettisonable strap-on rocket boosters for initial acceleration and a liquid-fueled ramjet for sustained cruise. It also employs [[electronic counter-countermeasures]] (ECCM) capabilities allowing it to penetrate an enemy ship's defenses.<ref name=":0" />

The missile is cylindrical in shape and composed of three sections, namely guidance and control, warhead, and propulsion. The body has four inlet ducts and four clipped delta control surfaces. It used the inertial navigation system (INS) during mid-course navigation phase and active radar seeker at terminal guidance phase. The air intake design arrangement was reported to have been optimized for evasive maneuvering at terminal sea-skimming altitudes. The missile is designed to be capable of way-pointing and can be programmed to fly offset attack axes to saturate defenses. It is also capable of high-G lateral terminal "random weaving" maneuvers to evade close-in defenses.<ref name="tdr1" /><ref name=":0" />

It also features an armor-piercing warhead which generates tremendous destruction after hitting the target. The warhead is equipped with self-forging fragments and in the {{convert|225|kg|lb|-1|abbr=on}} weight class. It has a conventional warhead that is triggered by a smart [[fuze]] which directs most of the energy downwards, inside the target ship's hull.<ref name="tdr1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/02/17/2003555003|title=More HF-3 missile deployment mulled - Taipei Times|website=www.taipeitimes.com|date=17 February 2013|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043156/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2013/02/17/2003555003|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201412020038.aspx|title=Taiwan's Hsiung Feng III missile vs. China's CX-1 {{!}} Cross-Strait Affairs {{!}} FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-date=2018-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194319/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201412020038.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

The missile is believed to have an operating range of over {{convert|100|km|mi nmi|abbr=on}} <ref name=":0" /> and an extended range version with a possible maximum range of over {{convert|400|km|mi nmi|abbr=on}} .<ref>{{Cite web|title=射程400公里增程雄三2023年量產台灣本島外島部署壓制共軍|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3801970|access-date=2022-05-30|author=羅添斌|work=自由時報電子報 |date=2022-01-15|publisher=自由時報|archive-date=2022-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116014711/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3801970}}</ref> It can be deployed on ships and mobile trailers. The instructions for missile launch can be issued by a command and control system for different platforms and different paths leading to saturation of a ship's defense system.<ref name=":0" />

== History == === Development === CSIST started a ramjet test vehicle program in 1994, and this project was later merged with the Hsiung Feng program. Flight testing of a prototype started in 1997. Operational testing and evaluation was started in 2004 and was completed by 2005, on board {{ship|ROCS|Cheng Kung|PFG2-1101|6}}.<ref name=tdr1>Mei, Fu S. "Supersonic ASCM Equips Frigate," Taiwan Defense Review, August 10, 2006.</ref><ref name=":0" /> The development and flight test program for the [[Yun Feng]] supersonic cruise missile was hidden within the HF-3's flight test program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yun Feng |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/yun-feng/#enref-2519-1 |website=missilethreat.csis.org |publisher=CSIS |access-date=28 October 2019 |archive-date=23 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723045557/https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/yun-feng/#enref-2519-1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the [[Jamestown Foundation]] the HF-3 was intended to counter the [[P-270 Moskit|SS-N-22 Sunburn]] which the PRC had acquired with its [[Sovremennyy-class destroyer]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=James |last2=Yoshihara |first2=Toshi |title=Taiwan's Navy: Able to Deny Command of the Sea? |url=https://jamestown.org/program/taiwans-navy-able-to-deny-command-of-the-sea/ |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512154258/https://jamestown.org/program/taiwans-navy-able-to-deny-command-of-the-sea/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Deployment === The missile was officially revealed on October 10, 2007, at a military parade in [[Taipei]], Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/MNANew/Photos/ShowPhotos/High/1/36112-0.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728082927/http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/MNANew/Photos/ShowPhotos/High/1/36112-0.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2011|date=28 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/MNANew/Photos/ShowPhotos/High/1/36108-0.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728082954/http://mna.gpwb.gov.tw/MNANew/Photos/ShowPhotos/High/1/36108-0.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2011|date=28 July 2011}}</ref> It has now been deployed aboard the [[Republic of China Navy|ROC Navy]]'s [[La Fayette-class frigate|''La Fayette''/''Kang Ding''-class frigate]], {{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|1}}, ''Jin Chiang''-class patrol gunboats, and on road mobile tractor trailers.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019, Taiwanese President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] ordered the NCSIST to accelerate mass production of the HF-3 in response to increasing Chinese military power and bellicosity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wen Kuei-hsiang and |first1=FLor Wang |title=Taiwan president urges faster mass production of missiles |url=http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201901250020.aspx |website=focustaiwan.tw |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=18 May 2019 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518160757/http://m.focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201901250020.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Misfire accident === [[File:Hsiung Feng III missile mishap (en).svg|thumb|Hsiung Feng III missile mishap]] {{main|Hsiung Feng III missile mishap}} On July 1, 2016, [[Ching Chiang-class patrol ship|Chinchiang (PGG-610)]] of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy accidentally fired a Hsiung Feng III missile during a training exercise. The missile traveled a distance of about {{convert|75|km|abbr=on}} before it hit a fishing boat<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36680899|title=Taiwan mistakenly fires supersonic missile killing one|date=2016-07-01|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/taiwan-china-missile.html|title=Taiwan Navy Accidentally Fires Antiship Missile, Killing Fisherman|last=Ramzy|first=Austin|date=2016-07-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-16|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2016-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701084913/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/02/world/asia/taiwan-china-missile.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The captain of the boat was killed and three crew members were injured. The [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)|Taiwan Ministry of National Defense]] stated that the warship's commander, senior arms officer and missile launch control sergeant had all failed to follow standard operating procedure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/07/04/2003650325|title=Ministry seeks to debunk missile launch conspiracies|date=4 July 2016|publisher=Taipei Times|access-date=2016-07-04|archive-date=2016-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703190217/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/07/04/2003650325|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Variants == === Extended range === The larger, longer-range Hsiung Feng III has been developed since the [[Presidency of Ma Ying-jeou]], and was formally established under the name "Panlong Project" during the [[Presidency of Tsai Ing-wen]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=羅添斌 |date=2017-11-28 |title=中科院執行「磐龍計畫」雄三射程增至400公里 |work=自由時報電子報 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/1155662 |publisher=自由時報 |access-date=2022-06-17 |archive-date=2022-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422144216/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/1155662 }}</ref> It is expected to produce extended-range missile with a range of 400 kilometers. [[National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology|NCSIST]] conducted multiple live-fire tests of the extended-range missile from 2017 to 2019, and the mass production budget will be approved in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |author=洪哲政 |date=2022-04-20 |title=國防部證實「磐龍」反艦飛彈將服役「雄昇」有兩款 |work=聯合新聞網 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/10930/6254216 |access-date=2022-06-17 |archive-date=2022-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605190900/https://udn.com/news/story/10930/6254216 }}</ref> The extended-range missile of [[Han Kuang Exercise|Han Kuang Exercise 41]] was deployed for the first time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202507150097.aspx |title=總統視導海軍雄風飛彈機動部署雄三增程型飛彈現身 |publisher=中央社 |archive-date=2025-09-30 |access-date=2025-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250930035235/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202507150097.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Air launched === The development of an [[air-launched cruise missile|air-launched variant]] of the HF-3, dubbed the Hsiung Chih, was disclosed in 2022. The air launched variant in expected to be significantly lighter and to use the [[F-CK-1]] as a launch platform.<ref>{{cite web |last1=ZAFFAR |first1=HANAN |title=Taiwan to Develop Air-Launched Variant of HF-3 Supersonic Missile |url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/01/27/taiwan-air-launched-hf3/ |website=thedefensepost.com |date=27 January 2022 |publisher=The Defense Post |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127073748/https://www.thedefensepost.com/2022/01/27/taiwan-air-launched-hf3/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The air launched variant was spotted undergoing testing in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=Air-Launched Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Being Tested By Taiwan |url=https://www.twz.com/air/taiwan-is-testing-an-air-launched-supersonic-anti-ship-missile |website=twz.com |date=24 February 2025 |publisher=The War Zone |access-date=6 March 2025 |archive-date=2 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250302203255/https://www.twz.com/air/taiwan-is-testing-an-air-launched-supersonic-anti-ship-missile |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Security concerns== In late 2021 and early 2022, the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology ([[NCSIST]]) discovered equipment used in the development and testing of the Hsiung Feng III and other missiles used by Taiwan relied on mainland Chinese facilities for repair and maintenance, raising security concerns. NCSIST had shipped the instrument to its manufacturer in Switzerland and was not informed that the equipment would be sent to China. NCSIST performed check after receiving the equipment from China, which did not discover any [[malware]] or modifications.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Fan |title=China-Taiwan: Concern at repair of Taiwanese military device in China |work=BBC News |date=4 January 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64161966 |access-date=4 February 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204233929/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64161966 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode=packed> File:HF-3 ASCM fired from TEL system.jpg|Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile launched from a missile launchers truck File:Keelung_Taiwan_Ship-ROCN-Ching-Chiang-01.jpg|Two vessels of the [[Ching Chiang-class patrol ship|''Ching Chiang'' class]] at Keelung, Taiwan. The vessel on the left is armed with Hsiung Feng III File:Hsiung_Feng_II_and_Hsiung_Feng_III_Anti-Ship_Missile_Launchers_aboard_on_Central_Upper_Deck_of_ROCN_Pan_Chao_(PFG2-1108)_20150316.jpg|[[Hsiung Feng II]] and Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile launchers on the upper deck of ROCN ''Pan Chao'' File:中華民國110年國慶大會中展出之雄風三型飛彈發射車.jpg|Hsiung Feng III anti-ship missile launchers at 110th National Day File:Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III launchers of ROCN PFG2-1110 20190324.jpg|Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III launchers aboard the ROCN {{sclass|Cheng Kung|frigate|1}} {{ship|ROCS|Tian Dan|PFG2-1110|2}} (田單) File:08.17 副總統出席「2017年臺北國際航太暨國防工業展覽會」開幕典禮，觀賞雄風三型反艦飛彈簡介 (35787049904).jpg|Display File:沱江軍艦射擊雄風三型飛彈.jpg|HF-3 launched by [[Tuo Chiang-class corvette|ROCN Tuo Chiang]] (PGG-618) File:沱江軍艦(PGG-618)實施「雄風三型反艦飛彈」實彈射擊，精準命中目標。.jpg|HF-3 launched by [[Tuo Chiang-class corvette|ROCN Tuo Chiang]] (PGG-618) File:01.03 總統勗勉海軍海鋒第一大隊暨主持「陸軍清泉崗營區完工啟用典禮」.jpg|HF-3 launch trucks, crews, and President [[Lai Ching-te]] in 2025 </gallery>

== See also == * {{lwc|BrahMos}} * {{lwc|CX-1 Missile Systems}} * {{lwc|P-800 Oniks}} * {{lwc|Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon}} * [[Defense industry of Taiwan]] * [[Anping-class offshore patrol vessel]]

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Hsiung Feng III}} * [http://www.ncsist.org.tw/eng CSIST website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150208034112/http://www.csistdup.org.tw/ CSIST Technology Service Web]

{{Military of the Republic of China}} {{National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) aircraft}}

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