Anonymous3 days ago
Taiwan launched 36 rockets from U.S.-supplied HIMARS launchers into the Taiwan Strait on June 10, 2026, the first time American-made weapons have been live-fired in waters directly facing China. The test, conducted from Taiwan's western coast near Taichung, demonstrated the system's 300-kilometer range — enough to strike targets in China's Fujian Province — and arrives amid a $29.7 billion U.S. arms sale backlog, a record 3.3%-of-GDP Taiwanese defense budget, and intensifying Chinese military drills that have already simulated a full blockade of the island.