NO. 100 STORY: TAIPEI AEROSPACE & DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITION

(Cloud Leopard with 40mm/7.62mm MG turret)
(Cloud Leopard with 105mm canon)
(155mm self-propelled howitzer)
(surface-to-air missile system)
(learn how to operate a DMS; Dual Mount Stinger missile)

It is the 3rd time I visit TADTE. This exhibition is getting less and less exciting every year. If defense department do not fully support, I think this exhibition will be less attractive than the regular survival game shows.

This year, the Cloud Leopard armoured cars are definitely the main attractions. Two new types of them displayed to public; one with 40mm grenade launcher/.50 machine gun turret, one with 105mm low recoil canon. Both of them are painted in digital camouflage (one jungle type, one urban type).

Also, there is a truck-based 155mm self-propelled howitzer which is quite a new idea of our army, though French army has done it.

Anyway, this exhibition is more like a carnival, to tell taxpayers how defense department spent their money, and all visitors can have fun through experiencing all kinds training simulations and taking photos with all these weapons.

Well, I think it could be a good idea to have a National Defense Festival instead of TADTE without any air shows and important foreign vendors.