Rocket artillery offers opportunitiesBy Huang Wei-ping 黃惟冰The US government on Wednesday announced its latest round of arms sales to Taiwan, with eight packages at an estimated combined cost of more than US$11.1 billion. The most expensive item is the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a long-range precision strike system. The package includes 82 launch vehicles and 1,203 artillery rockets, as well as 420 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) with a range of up to 300km. After all, widely published and publicly available information shows that Taiwan possesses a number of long-range strike weapons — some with ranges that extend well beyond 300km. This US arms sale would not only increase Taiwan’s weapons inventory at the tactical level, but sends a strategic signal.

Source: Taipei Times December 19, 2025 17:26 UTC