Defenses to cover 300km by 2025
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan is expected to extend its defensive perimeter to a range of 300km to 500km by 2025, when its first indigenous submarine and longer-range missiles from the US are set to be in service, a government-funded think tank said.
The assessment was made in a paper published on the Web site of the Institute for National Defense and Security Research on Thursday.
The paper, written by Ou Si-fu (歐錫富), a research fellow at the institute, said the US’ sale of 11 sets of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers to Taiwan in October last year was one of the factors that would allow Taiwan to expand its defensive perimeter.