Taiwan Test-Fires Mobile US-Made HIMARS Rocket System

HIMARS have a range of around 190 miles and capability of hitting coastal targets in the southeastern Chinese ​province of ⁠Fujian.

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 Photo

Armed 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.