Taiwan Just Rehearsed Killing China’s Invasion Force

Trump is arming Taiwan with HIMARS, ATACMS, howitzers, and the new Precision Strike Missiles, or PrSMs — turning China’s landing fleet into a target set, not a war plan.

Taiwan fired the mobile HIMARS rocket system in China’s direction for the first time from its western coast.

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by Rod D. Martin
June 13, 2026

The key to stopping a war with China — an actual World War III — is demonstrating to the CCP that it cannot succeed. On Wednesday, Taiwan moved a long way toward showing it can kill a Chinese invasion force.

For the first time, Taiwan fired its new American HIMARS rockets from the side of the island China would have to invade: the western coast, near the Dajia River estuary in Taichung, along the shore most likely to face a Chinese amphibious assault. Taiwan used advanced weapons to simulate killing the landing force in the water, on the beaches, and before it can build mass ashore.

Donald Trump is arming Taiwan for exactly that fight.

His December arms package, …