Author: Chris Dayton
Taiwan’s military reportedly plans to deploy its recently acquired HIMARS launcher platforms to its outlying islands of Penghu and Dongyin, a move that could put many of China’s coastal naval facilities and airfields in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces within range of Taiwanese missiles. This comes after reports that Taiwan intends to expand its M142 HIMARS inventory to 111 launchers in future material purchases from the United States. Our visualization shows possible deployment locations and the operational range of HIMARS munitions in Taiwan’s inventory.