00:00For the first time, the military is conducting HIMARS live-fire exercises outside its usual test range in southern Taiwan.
00:10They fire 36 missiles from HIMARS systems on the second day of drills here in Taichung in central Taiwan.
00:17The HIMARS can carry out deep-strike missions against enemy targets within 300 kilometers,
00:23a reach that can even cover parts of China.
00:26But these exercises saw some setbacks.
00:28With four missiles failing to launch.
00:31The exercise also had to pause multiple times because of unexpected flights passing nearby.
00:54Taiwan is expecting more HIMARS systems from the U.S.
00:58funded by the Special Defense Budget.
01:00Once they all arrive, the military here will have over 100 of them, second only to the U.S.
01:06As Taiwan strengthened its asymmetric defense strategy,
01:09the focus is now on turning hardware into real-world combat capability,
01:14making sure troops can put systems like HIMARS to use when it's needed.
01:18Luffy Lee and Nelan Lu in Taichung for Taiwan Plus.
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