Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction
Taiwan's military conducted a live-fire exercise with the US-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, firing rockets in China's direction. The exercise was part of a demonstration of how Taiwan might repel a Chinese attack, using shoot-and-scoot tactics to quickly launch and reposition the rocket system. The drills were designed to test rapid deployment and precision-strike capabilities in response to a potential Chinese invasion.
- ▪Taiwan's military fired rockets from the HIMARS system into the Taiwan Strait for the first time.
- ▪The HIMARS system is part of a US-encouraged shift in strategy towards an asymmetric approach to defense.
- ▪The US has announced plans to sell 82 more HIMARS systems to Taiwan, but the package appears to have been put on hold.
- ▪The drills simulated a response to a Chinese invasion and tested rapid deployment and precision-strike capabilities.
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Asia Taiwan drills with U.S. rocket system, firing in China's direction June 10, 202611:29 AM ET By The Associated Press A rocket is launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a military live-fire shooting training in Taichung City, Taiwan, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. Chiang Ying-ying/AP hide caption toggle caption Chiang Ying-ying/AP TAICHUNG, Taiwan — Taiwan's military fired rockets in China's direction from "shoot-and-scoot" mobile launchers on Wednesday in a demonstration of how it might try to repel a Chinese attack. While the U.S.-supplied system known as HIMARS has been tested before, the latest live-fire exercise was the first time its rockets were fired into the waters of the narrow Taiwan Strait that separates the self-governing island from China.
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