Overview
- Taiwan’s military is investigating a reported Patriot PAC-2 failure during a live-fire exercise at Jiupeng in southern Taiwan.
- Footage shared by the Taiwan ADIZ page and cited by Newsweek shows the missile breaking apart shortly after takeoff.
- Local reports say one of two PAC-2s detonated about four seconds after launch, while a second missile fired without incident.
- An Air Force statement said the exercise concluded and a military evaluation committee will review results, while photos showed PAC-2 and Sky Bow III launches.
- China Times, echoed by Global Times, reported the missile was an older PAC-2 and said Taiwanese and U.S. sides are collecting data, as Taiwan transitions toward PAC-3 systems.