Escalation: Taiwan fires HIMARS into Taiwan Strait
On June 10, Taiwan’s military fired U.S.-supplied HIMARS rockets from central Taiwan’s Taichung into the Taiwan Strait — the first time the system has been used from the island’s west coast toward China.
Taiwan staged the live-fire as part of invasion-defense drills simulating strikes on potential Chinese amphibious forces and waters near possible landing zones in the Strait.
The forces used the U.S.-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from mobile “shoot and scoot” launchers during the drill.
On the volume of fire, Crypto Briefing reports 36 rockets were launched, while NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and MSN did not state a number.
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