Taiwan to have highest anti-ship missile densityDETERRENCE: With 1,000 indigenous Hsiung Feng II and III missiles and 400 Harpoon missiles, the nation would boast the highest anti-ship missile density in the worldBy Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerWith Taiwan wrapping up mass production of Hsiung Feng II and III missiles by December and an influx of Harpoon missiles from the US, Taiwan would have the highest density of anti-ship missiles in the world, a source said yesterday. Combined with the 400 Harpoon anti-ship missiles Taiwan expects to receive from the US by 2028, the nation would have an arsenal of 1,400 anti-ship missiles, making it the country with the highest density of anti-ship missiles in the world, the official said. A Hsiung Feng III medium-range supersonic missile is launched from a Tuo Jiang-class corvette in an undated photograph. The institute has been producing 131 Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng II extended range missiles and 70 Hsiung Feng III and Hsiung Feng III extended range missiles per year, the official said. The new headquarters would bring all coastal defense anti-ship missile units under the same command to improve the military’s capability to conduct multilayered saturation strikes on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, they said.

Source: Taipei Times March 10, 2026 17:16 UTC