The command said it has added a new air-defense company under the 228th Battalion stationed in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) for the purpose. The unit — its only artillery unit — has been equipped with Stinger anti-air missiles and anti-tank Javelin systems, it added. Military personnel take part in an exercise at a metro station in Taipei on July 14 last year. “Deploying short-range, man-portable Stinger missiles enhances mobile air defense, while Javelin missiles can counter Chinese Communist Party landing craft attempting surprise assaults at the Tamsui River estuary,” he said. For example, Washington has the National Capital Region Air Defense, with rotating deployments of air defense artillery regiments, he said.

Source: Taipei Times January 18, 2026 17:55 UTC