Taiwan is set to purchase up to 400 land-launched Harpoon missiles in order to repel a future Chinese invasion , according to the president of the US-Taiwan Business Council Rupert Hammond-Chambers, speaking to Bloomberg.
While Harpoons have previously been purchased by Taiwan for deployment on warships, this marks a first time acquisition of the mobile, land-launched version . Via Naval News: Land-based Harpoon missile launched from a truck trailer. Per Bloomberg, “The Pentagon announced the $1.7 billion contract with Boeing on April 7 but made no mention of Taiwan as the purchaser” at a moment of tense US-China relations due to ratcheting Chinese military drills around the self-ruled island.
As the Monday report additionally reviews : The Harpoon contract has been cited by members of Congress including Representative Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as part of as much $19 billion in “backlogged US sales to Taiwan that […]
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