During this year's "Han Kuang 42" real-force exercise, the mobile missile launch vehicle of the Naval Littoral Combat Command was equipped with "Hsiung Feng Type 2 and Type 3 anti-ship missiles" and practiced mobile deployment in the Penghu area. (Photo: Provided by Military News Agency)
[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] my country has purchased up to 100 land-launched Harpoon missile coastal defense systems from the United States, including 400 missiles, 4 training bombs, 100 missile launch vehicles and 25 radar trucks. The first batch of Harpoon anti-ship missiles is confirmed to arrive in Taiwan before the end of this year, and it is reported that the first batch of 128 pieces. Senior military officials pointed out today that with the arrival of the first batch of Harpoon missile bodies in Taiwan and the formation of a receiving squadron for training, the Naval Littoral Combat Command is expected to formally organize the "Littoral Combat Fourth Group" next year.
Relevant sources pointed out that the Naval Littoral Combat Command has successively established mobile missile vehicle loading squadrons for the Harpoon missile launch vehicles and radar vehicles that have previously arrived in Taiwan, and is cooperating with the US plan to implement loading education and training. In terms of the most critical system compatibility, the US-made Harpoon missile system is integrated with the Navy's existing observation and control systems and will use command and control equipment developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The verification has also been successfully completed.
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Senior military officials pointed out today that the first batch of Harpoon missile bodies will arrive in Taiwan before the end of this year, giving priority to improving the key sea control capabilities of the Navy's littoral combat forces. The picture shows that U.S. officials and Boeing recently conducted a combat test project for the shore-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missile system sold to Taiwan and accurately hit target ships on the sea. (Picture: taken from the US Navy website)
The Navy's "Littoral Combat Command" was established on July 1 this year. It currently has three Littoral Combat Groups (formerly the Haifeng Anti-Ship Missile Group) and one Maritime Tactical Reconnaissance Group (Ruiyuan UAV) as its main combat forces. The command currently has four groups of combat troops. It is planned to form a fourth Littoral Combat Group next year, and there will be a total of five groups of combat troops.
As for the Marine Surveillance and Reconnaissance Command, which was originally affiliated with the Fleet Command, the unit organization has been abolished, and various fixed positions and mobile sea control radars have been "integrated" into each littoral combat group. This also means that a single littoral combat group already has radar reconnaissance and anti-ship missile strike capabilities, and can independently perform combat missions.
It is also understood that the Littoral Combat Group will be fully motorized and vehicle-mounted. In the future, UAV units with vertical take-off and landing functions will also be directly used under the Group, becoming the invisible eyes of the missile force in the open sea.
Relevant sources said that after the "Fourth Littoral Combat Group" is formally established next year, the US-made Harpoon missile system has powerful electronic countermeasures and even "coast-to-land bombardment" capabilities. It will be mixed with my country's self-made Xiongfeng II and Xiongfeng III supersonic anti-ship missiles and extended-range Xiongsan missiles, and will be under the unified command and control of the Chinese Academy of Sciences system. Under the vehicle-mounted protection of the Marine Corps Guard Battalion, the Chinese military will build a saturated attack defense line in the Taiwan Strait that combines high and low levels, both fast and slow, to increase the kill rate against enemy ships and truly implement asymmetric combat capabilities.
