AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles. Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Previous NextThe US government on Wednesday announced plans to sell Taiwan three packages of weapon systems worth US$1.81 billion, including standoff land attack missiles and HIMARS rocket launchers. One of the packages, with an estimated cost of US$1.008 billion, includes 135 AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) Missiles; four ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles; and 12 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM), DSCA said. The DSCA reiterated that the proposed sales are consistent with U.S. law and policy as expressed in the Taiwan Relations Act. It stressed that the proposed sales serve U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting Taiwan's continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability.

Source: The Standard October 22, 2020 01:18 UTC