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"The Taiwanese military's live-fire demonstrations of the cutting-edge domestically-made Thunderbolt-2000 Rocket System and American M109A2 Howitzers on Tuesday. In one astonishing moment a [0:21] a Thunderbolt rocket is seen being launched before appearing to break up. "Today, there was an issue with one round of ammunition. It fired successfully and exited the launch tube, but there may have been a problem with the second stage — the propellant ignition phase," said Captain Lin Jun-cheng, Commander of Artillery Battery One, 586th Brigade Artillery Battalion. "Personnel from NCSIST [National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology] are currently analyzing and investigating. Because the training rounds used this time are MARK15 training rounds, the warhead contains no lethal explosive. Second, the distance media observers may have perceived as close was actually, based on our radar tracking, approximately 400 meters from the launch vehicle — well within the safe range." he added. The Thunderbolt is a truck-mounted Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) developed by Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Tech - and is a coastal defence system designed to repel amphibious forces. Tensions between Taiwan and China - which regards the island as part of its territory under the One China principle - have escalated in recent months. US President Donald Trump said he was putting an potential $14bn arms deal with Taiwan under review, following talks with China's Xi Jinping in Beijing last month."
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