Taiwan conducts live-fire precision munitions drills with Sky Sword II, cruise missiles

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Taiwan’s military conducted additional live-fire precision-munitions testing at Jiupeng on Sept. 17, launching the domestically developed land-based Sky Sword II air-defense missile alongside the Hsiung Sheng cruise missile and Chien Hsiang loitering munition. The drills tested long-range strike, counter-radiation, and mobile air-defense capabilities. President Lai Ching-te is expected to inspect the exercise on Sept. 18, when Sky Bow III, Hsiung Feng II/III, HIMARS, AGM-65 Mavericks, ALTIUS-60