Preparation for Taiwan Bolts Air Defense, Test Fire Land Sword II

Taipei: As per the preparation of air defense, Taiwan on Tuesday said the National Defense Ministry said that Taiwan organized Land Sword II’s live fire debut.The details of the missile system from the surface to the air were provided in a post on X.According to MND, Land Sword II has the ability to combat various aerial hazards, which leads to a significant increase in force safety.In visuals shared by MND, live-firing of missile systems can be seen, in which videos show its launch.“Land Sword II makes its live fire debut. This SAM system is capable of combating diverse air threats and increases force protection for #Rocarmy”, MND has written on X.This development is such that Taiwan on Monday made his first live-firing of the US-supply high-supply Artillery Rocket System (Himars) at Pingtung County on Monday, as reported by Taiwan.According to Focus Taiwan, the drill was performed by the 58th Artillery Command of the Taiwan Army, which was held at Jiupeng Base of Manjho Township.It is further mentioned that Himars can be equipped with a pod that has a range of six 227 mm rocket or a single army strategic missile system (ATACMS) 300 km.Overall, 33 rockets were fired, with 11 launch vehicles firing three rounds. However, the army did not give any details on how the drill went, Focus Taiwan told.Colonel Ho Chiha-Chung, deputy commander of the 58th Artillery, said that the American supplier also sent his personnel to the site to assist in any technical issues during a live-fire exercise.According to Focus Taiwan, Taiwan bought 29 Himahs from the United States, and the first shipment of 11 was given in 2024. According to a ministry of the National Defense Report submitted to the legislative yuan in March, the second batch of 18 Himars is to be distributed next year instead of 2027, as was originally planned.Taiwan’s National Defense Ministry (MND) also shared the images of Test-firing in a post on X.MND wrote on X, “#Himars debut in #Taiwan, showing fast deployment and next generation strike capabilities.”These development becomes important as China continues its activities in Taiwan Strait. On Wednesday, the National Defense Ministry of Taiwan detected 35 sorters of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, eight People’s Liberation Army Navy (Planning) Ships and 35 official ships working around Taiwan.The issue of Taiwan-China is a complex and long geopolitical conflict focused on Taiwan’s sovereignty. Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), operates its government, military and economy, serves as a real independent state.However, China considers Taiwan to be a breakway province and emphasizes the “One China” policy, which claims that only one China as its capital with Beijing.Beijing has continuously expressed its goal of reunion with Taiwan, using diplomatic, economic and military pressure to separate Taiwan internationally.