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Shoot-and-scoot: Mobile missile launchers play key role in US Pacific deterrence strategy
The drill used dummy rockets and showed how mobile launchers can fire and relocate in minutes, officials said.
- On Wednesday, U.S. Marines conducted a live-fire High Mobility Artillery Rocket System demonstration at Camp Fuji, showcasing mobile artillery capabilities to Pacific allies as Washington seeks to deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan.
- Washington is emphasizing smaller, mobile units like HIMARS due to rapid modernization and improvement of China's military in recent years, shifting away from traditional aircraft carrier-based strategies.
- The exercise used dummy rockets to demonstrate rapid deployment capabilities, while the system can fire missiles exceeding 300 miles. Introduced about 20 years ago, HIMARS relies on mobility for survivability.
- Ryan Anness, commander of the 3rd Battalion, emphasized the drill's value for training with Japanese partners and bolstering regional deterrence through strength, not confrontation.
- Mobile systems like HIMARS and the Army's Typhon could cover the Taiwan Strait and Luzon Strait, providing long-range precision-fire weapons to deny adversaries regional dominance, according to Euan Graham, senior defense analyst with the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
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Shoot-and-scoot: Mobile missile launchers play key role in US Pacific deterrence strategy
GOTEMBA, Japan (AP) — With a burst of flame, followed by a thunderclap boom that broke the bucolic serenity of the training area in the foothills of Japan’s Mount Fuji,
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