Recently, the United States announced four arms sales to Taiwan, including 11 sets of "Haimas" multi-barrel rocket launcher systems produced by Lomartin, 135 SLAM-ER extended-range air-to-ground missiles produced by Boeing, 6 new F-16 fighter jet reconnaissance pods, and 100 sets

Recently, the United States announced four arms sales to Taiwan, including 11 sets of "Haimas" multi-barrel rocket launcher systems produced by Locke Martin, 135 SLAM-ER extended-range air-to-ground missiles produced by Boeing, 6 new F-16 fighter reconnaissance pods, and 100 sets of shore-based " Harpoon " anti-ship missile systems, with a total amount of nearly US$4.2 billion. Compared with the Obama administration, the Trump administration's arms sales to Taiwan are more ignorant of Beijing and are more unscrupulous, attempting to speed up the upgrading of Taiwan's defense forces and change the balance of regional military forces.

shore-based "harpoon" anti-ship missiles, each equipped with 4 missiles

The United States attempted to upgrade Taiwan from a hedgehog to porcupine

As we all know, although Taiwan currently has relatively strong defensive power, it basically does not have much attack ability. The United States' arms sales undoubtedly put sharp minions on the Taiwan army.

First look at these 11 sets of "Haimas" multi-barrel rocket launchers, which are the latest rocket launchers currently in service in the US military. The biggest difference between it and the M270 "Steel Rain" rocket launcher is that the chassis is changed from crawler to wheeled, and the vehicle weight is reduced to 10 tons. It can be transported by the active C-130 transport aircraft in Taiwan. It has the characteristics of high maneuverability, strong firepower performance, and good general performance. A launch vehicle can be loaded with 6 227mm GMLRS guided rocket . Its bullet body is equipped with GPS inertial guide components, and a small canard wing is installed on the front end of the rocket, which improves the flight stability and strike accuracy of the rocket. It is reported that the "Haimas" rocket launcher can have a maximum range of 70 kilometers when launching GMLRS-guided rockets, and the range of 42 kilometers when launching the M26 ordinary rocket. If an army tactical missile (Block1A missile) is installed, the range can reach 300 kilometers, which can hit coastal facilities in Fujian.

M270 (left) and Haymas (right). Pay attention to the winglet

on the warhead in the right picture and look at the "Harpoon" anti-ship missile. If the arms sales are completed, Taiwan will obtain up to nearly a thousand shore-based, submarine-launched, air-launched and ship-based "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles. Among them, the air-ship "Harpoon" missile (including SLAM-ER) is mainly equipped with F-16 fighter jets, the ship-ship is equipped with the "Success" class and the "Jiyang" class frigate , and the submarine is equipped with two "Warcelona" class submarines. The range of shore-based, submarine-launched and ship-based "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles is 150 kilometers and the cruise speed is Mach 0.8. The latest SLAM-ER extended-range missile has a range of up to 300 kilometers and can be launched outside the PLA defense zone. It can not only strike large and medium-sized ships, but also strike fixed targets on land, and has strong attack capabilities.

SLAM-ER, the depth improved

Taiwan F-16 fighter aircraft is equipped with basic "harpoon" anti-ship missile takeoff

shore-based "harpoon" anti-ship missile

Finally, look at 6 sets of MS-110 fighter new reconnaissance pod . This pod has the characteristics of long shooting distance, high resolution, multi-spectrum, all-weather, etc., and its effective reconnaissance distance is 148 kilometers, which can enable the F-16 reconnaissance aircraft to shoot military dynamics along some mainland coasts outside a safe distance, providing long-distance reconnaissance information for fire strike units.

MS-110 fighter jet reconnaissance pod

This arms sales will greatly enhance the anti-login combat capabilities of the Taiwan military, and will transform the Taiwan military from a "hedgehog" to a "porcupine".


arms sold will seriously threaten the security of landing troops

Large-scale landing operations require close coordination between sea, land, air and other forces. Although transport planes can be used to send landing troops to the island, for established marines and heavy combat equipment, a large number of transport ships are still needed to cross the sea to land, and a large number of landing troops are continuously pulled to the beach to fight. In this way, landing ships and landing troops will be exposed to the range of firepower strikes of the Taiwan military.

"Haimas" self-propelled rocket launcher has very excellent maneuverability, which shows that it has strong concealment. It can quickly hide between the mountains and dense forests in central Taiwan or in a corner of the city, and launch long-range strikes on our landing troops.In addition to firing ordinary rockets, they can also fire co-subs and busts. 11 sets of "Haimas" rocket launchers can fire 66 co-subs and busts at a time. Each rocket can carry 644 anti-infantry bullets, which can kill and kill people and light armored vehicles on a large scale, which is extremely threatening.

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sub-combustion rushes for ships landing to fight. If they are not prepared properly, they will cause disastrous consequences.

"Harpoon" anti-ship missile launch

"Harpoon" anti-ship missile strike experiment


response strategies

  • must first obtain absolute air supremacy

Modern war air supremacy is particularly important. It can be said that whoever controls air supremacy will take the initiative. For the Taiwan Strait, obtaining air supremacy requires the removal of all Taiwan’s fighter jets and air defense missiles. Taiwan currently has 14 air bases, including Songshan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Qingquangang, Chiayi , Taichung , Tainan, Pingtung (South), Pingtung (North), Gangshan, Hualien, Jiashan and Shizishan. At the beginning of the war, nearly 1,000 DF-15, DF-11 and DF-17 missiles of the Rocket Force can be used to strike all Taiwan's air bases and air defense missile bases, and destroy fighter jets and air defense missiles on land. For a few fighter jets that take off, you can use the J-20, J-16, and J-10C fighter jets to shoot down with the cooperation of early warning aircraft. In this way, the 135 SLAM-ER extended-range air-to-ground missiles purchased by Taiwan will lose their combat capabilities.

According to media reports, DF-17 missiles and J-20 fighter jets have been deployed to the southeast coast and can be put into combat at any time. After obtaining air supremacy,

can use the J-16 and Su-30 fighter jets to clear Taiwan's shore-based anti-ship missiles and rocket launchers to clear landing obstacles as much as possible.

Taiwan Air Force Base Location Map

Taiwan Air Force Fighter List

DF-17 Missile

J-20 was Deployed to Quzhou Airport, it is only 500 kilometers away from Taiwan,

  • wartime interference GPS signals in the Taiwan Strait

Whether it is the "Haimas" self-propelled rocket launcher or the "harpoon" missile, they all rely heavily on GPS guidance. Therefore, deploying a GPS interference system on its incoming route can greatly reduce its strike accuracy. At present, the People's Liberation Army has a relatively complete joint air defense intelligence system, networked command information system and ground air defense firepower group. The interference system consists of GPS information detection station, GPS interference solution control center, stratospheric airship GPS interference source, drone GPS interference source, and ground vehicle-mounted GPS interference source. It can cause precise strike weapons that rely on GPS guidance to lose GPS signal support, and the strike accuracy is reduced exponentially.

GPS interference system constitutes

  • has sufficient capabilities to harden the "harpoon" anti-ship missile

At present, our army has served a large number of 52D destroyers and 054A frigates, all of which have excellent regional air defense capabilities and can support a solid air defense parachute for our landing troops. The 052D destroyer can carry up to 64 HHQ-9B air defense missiles with a maximum range of 200 kilometers. The 054A frigate can carry 32 HHQ-16B air defense missiles with a maximum range of 70 kilometers. If 10 052D destroyers and 20 054A frigates are sent to perform the escort mission of the landing force, the landing force will have 640 HHQ-9 air defense missiles and 640 HHQ-16 air defense missiles.

The maximum flight speed of the Harpoon anti-ship missile is only Mach 0.8, and it takes 9 minutes to fly 150 kilometers, leaving enough defense time for my ship-based air defense force.Generally speaking, two air defense missiles are required to intercept an anti-ship missile. More than 1,200 air defense missiles can theoretically intercept 600 "harpoon" anti-ship missiles. Even if there are sporadic "following the net", the short-range HHQ-10 and 11.3 million guns can effectively deal with the threat.

052D destroyer launches missile

054A frigate launches HHQ-16 air defense missile

HHQ-10 air defense missile


The People's Liberation Army's ability to defend national sovereignty and thwart any form of separatist forces is always there, and its will is unswerving, and it is tantamount to resisting unity with force, which is tantamount to a mantis armed chariot. No matter how clowns toss, they cannot stop the wheel of history and cannot change the firm determination of 1.4 billion China for its children.