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A rocket from the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher convoy shoots off into the night during a training exercise Dec 22, 2020, Ali Al Salem Airbase, Kuwait. Soldiers from the 1-14th Field Artillery Regiment train diligently over the holidays as they work to maneuver their trucks from point A to point B in a timely manner and complete the assigned fire mission.(Photo by U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Jermaine Jackson)
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System was developed for the United States Army in the late 1990s to deliver precision rocket strike capabilities at stand off range. Mounted on a standard military truck frame, the HIMARS can carry up to six rockets or a single MGM-140 ATACMS missile.
Defense analyst downplays fears of new China rail link
By Wu Su-wei and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
China’s Fuzhou-Pingtan railway is not a military threat to Taiwan, a defense expert said on Saturday as Beijing opened a rail bridge that links Pingtan Island to Fuzhou Province.
Pingtan Island is about 130km northwest of Taiwan and the new bridge could reportedly allow train movements between China’s Fuzhou and the island in as little as 35 minutes.
Hsu Chih-hsiang (許智翔), a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said that the railway’s economic and political value is greater than its military potential to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
High-ranking House lawmakers press to restore funds to Marine Corps long-range fires efforts December 15, 2020 A Landing Craft Air Cushion with the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), carrying High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, approaches the beach off of Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 31, 2020. The 31st MEU’s ability to conduct HIMARS amphibious landings provides a lethal capability in support of amphibious operations. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser/U.S. Marine Corps) WASHINGTON A group of high-ranking House lawmakers are pressing to restore funds cut in the proposed fiscal 2021 defense spending bills for Marine Corps efforts to develop long-range precision fires capabilities.