Harpoon to bolster Taiwanese coastal defence
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN) is planning to order RGM-84 Harpoon Block II surface-to-surface missiles for coastal defence batteries in FY2021.
The purchase, costing about $993 million, includes several truck-mounted mobile launching system plus vehicles with radar, communications and logistics support.
This land-based missile system will eventually reach more than ten units in the future.
Besides conventional anti-ship missions, Harpoon Block II missiles with Coastal Target Suppression (CTS) mode, similar to the ground-launched cruise missile, are capable of locking on to coastal targets as well.
Harpoon Block IIs provide long-range guidance for coastal and ship targets by incorporating a
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