Sky Bow, also called Tien Kung, is a family of surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile defence systems developed in Taiwan by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Work began after the United States ended bilateral relations with the Republic of China in 1979, and the project was approved in October 1980 as a general-purpose air-defence programme benchmarked against the American Patriot and the Soviet 2K12 Kub. After early test failures the twelfth flight test in 1986 achieved the first intercept of a target aircraft, and the first system, the TK-1, was unveiled that year. The TK-2 added a booster stage and an active radar seeker, the TK-3 was conceived as a lower-tier defence against tactical ballistic missiles, and a ship-launched version of the TK-3 interceptor was tested in 2016. The TK-1 is retired, while the later versions serve with the armed forces of the Republic of China and rely on indigenous phased-array radars.
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NCSIST completed their quota for TK-3 missile production ahead of schedule in 2021.
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are a series of surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile and anti-aircraft defense systems
Sky Bow I, general characteristics
Date Deployed: 1986
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The TK-2, TK-3 and TK-4 are in service with the Military of the Republic of China.
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Development of the TK-1 was completed in 1986 and this system is now retired.
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NCSIST completed their quota for TK-3 missile production ahead of schedule in 2021.
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