Overview

• Taiwan successfully launched its first HIMARS live-fire exercise on May 12, 2025, involving 11 U.S.-supplied rocket systems at Jiupeng Base in Pingtung County.
• The High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) demonstrated a range of 300 km, capable of targeting China's Fujian province across the Taiwan Strait in a conflict scenario.
• U.S. technical personnel were present during the exercise, resolving a signal error that initially prevented simultaneous rocket launches from three systems.
• Taiwan has received 11 of the 29 HIMARS launchers ordered from the United States, with the remaining units expected to arrive by 2026.
• This deployment highlights Taiwan's ongoing military modernization and its strategic partnership with the U.S. to counter China's sovereignty claims and military pressure.