Domestic anti-ship missile set to be assessed: sourceBy Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe nation’s domestically developed subsonic anti-ship cruise missile system is expected to enter initial capability assessment later this year, a source said yesterday. A soldier unloads an AGM-158C Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff missile from a US Air Force B-1 Lancer after it landed in Fairford, UK, on March 11. Photo: AFPThe as-yet unnamed long-range subsonic cruise missile was developed by leveraging technologies utilized in existing long-range strike weapons and was documented for the first time by the Ministry of National Defense in a list of funded programs last year, the source said. The successful development of an indigenous alternative could spur Washington to approve the export authorization of the AGM-158C Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, which Taiwan has sought without success, the source said. The armed forces have long expressed an interest in obtaining the AGM-158C anti-ship missile, as the weapon possesses stealth capabilities, carries a 1 tonne warhead and is based on a battle-proven family of systems in service since 2004, they said.

Source: Taipei Times April 09, 2026 17:15 UTC