A rocket is launched from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during military live-fire training in Taichung City, Taiwan, on June 10, 2026. Chiang Ying-ying / AP PhotoArmed forces in Taiwan have test-fired its U.S.-made rocket system in a demonstration of how the island democracy would repel an attack from China.The military on June 10 fired its Lockheed Martin-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, on the west coast of the country, in central Taiwan’s Taichung municipality.
Taiwan Test-Fires Mobile US-Made HIMARS Rocket System
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