Military Periscope Logo

Short-Range Automated Defense System

Country of Origin: Taiwan

The Short-Range Automated Defense System is a remotely operated weapons turret developed by the National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) in Taiwan. It can be equipped with one or two 20-mm cannons.

Two variants have been developed: a fixed, land-based variant, the XTR-102, and a ship-based variant, the XTR-101. See "Variants," below, for more information.

Both turrets share the same basic mechanism that can rotate through a full 360 degrees at a rate of up...

Please log in to continue reading.

Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.

Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…

  • More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
  • Nearly every country's armed forces
  • Militant organizations
laptop image

Try Military Periscope free for seven days