Taiwan bolsters air defence preparedness, test fires Land Sword II

TAIPEI: In enactment with bolstering aerial defence preparedness, Taiwan conducted the unrecorded occurrence debut of Land Sword II, said the Ministry of National Defence connected Tuesday.The details of the Surface-to-Air Missile System were provided successful a station connected X.As per the MND, Land Sword II possesses the capableness of countering varied aerial threats, thereby importantly enhancing the extortion of the force.In the visuals shared by the MND, the live-firing of the Missile System could beryllium seen, with videos showcasing its launch."Land Sword II makes its unrecorded occurrence debut. This SAM strategy is susceptible of countering divers aerial threats and importantly enhances unit extortion for #ROCArmy", MND wrote connected X.This improvement follows aft Taiwan had conducted its archetypal live-firing of the American-supplied precocious mobility artillery rocket strategy (HIMARS) astatine a basal successful Pingtung County connected Monday, arsenic reported by Focus Taiwan.According to Focus Taiwan, the drill was carried retired by the Taiwan Army's 58th Artillery Command, which was held astatine the Jiupeng Base successful Manjhou Township.It further noted that the HIMARS tin beryllium equipped with 1 pod containing six 227mm rockets oregon a azygous Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) with a scope of up to 300 kilometres.

In total, 33 rockets were fired, with 11 motorboat vehicles each firing 3 rounds. The military, however, did not supply immoderate details connected however the drills went, Focus Taiwan reported.Colonel Ho Chih-chung, the 58th Artillery's lawman commander, said the US supplier besides sent its unit to the tract to assistance with immoderate method issues during the live-fire exercise.As per Focus Taiwan, Taiwan has purchased 29 HIMARS from the United States, and the archetypal shipment of 11 was delivered successful 2024.

According to a Ministry of National Defence study submitted to the Legislative Yuan successful March, the 2nd batch of 18 HIMARS is scheduled to beryllium delivered adjacent twelvemonth alternatively of 2027 arsenic was primitively planned.Taiwan's ministry of nat...