Taiwan's military conducted its first live-fire HIMARS exercise into the Taiwan Strait, using shoot-and-scoot tactics to demonstrate asymmetric defense capabilities against China. - The U.S.-supplied HIMARS system fired reduced-range practice rockets into the strait.
- The drill also included 155 mm howitzers and simulated a response to a Chinese invasion. - The U.S.
has encouraged Taiwan to adopt asymmetric warfare strategies. The exercise comes amid ongoing tensions, with China maintaining a daily military presence near Taiwan and a major U.S.
arms sale reportedly put on hold.