Taiwan Fires HIMARS Into the Taiwan Strait for the First Time: West Coast Live-Fire Drills Target the PLA Invasion Corridor

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Taiwan’s Army has crossed a symbolic and operational threshold: on June 10, 2026, it conducted its first-ever live-fire exercise with US-supplied HIMARS launchers on the island’s western shoreline, sending rockets directly into the Taiwan Strait from Taichung. Every previous HIMARS firing — including the system’s Taiwan debut in 2025 — took place on the Pacific-facing east coast, safely pointed away from the mainland. This time, the precision rockets flew toward China.

Taiwan Strait Defense on Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Fires HIMARS Into the Taiwan Strait for the First Time: West Coast Live-Fire Drills Target the PLA Invasion Corridor