Taiwan plans to test-fire a missile in September that has the capability to reach China's southern coastal provinces, Taiwanese online newspaper ET Today said, citing unidentified military sources.

The Hsiung Feng III, or Brave Wind III, missile has a range of 600 kilometers (392 miles) and is accurate to within less than one meter, the Taipei-based, Chinese-language online paper said on its Web site today. The missile was developed by Taiwan's Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, the report said.

The Hsiung Feng III has been in development for 10 years and was successfully test-fired in 2004 and 2005, according to GlobalSecurity.org. The missile's range is 300 kilometers, still enough to hit China, according to GlobalSecuritiy.org.

Taiwan split from the mainland in 1949 when the Kuomintang fled the Communists of Mao Zedong. China has said it will take the island -- separated from the mainland by the 180-kilometer wide Taiwan Strait -- by force should it declare independence. Chen said on Jan. 1 China has installed 784 missiles that target Taiwan.

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