The navy will gradually expand its shore-mounted mobile missile force, and first upgrade the current sea front brigade to the navy's anti-ship missile command.

The picture shows the Navy's Haifeng Brigade launching the Hsiung Feng III missile.

(Provided by the Department of Defense)

[Reporter Luo Tianbin/Taipei Report] In order to receive a variety of Xiongfeng series anti-ship missiles and the US shore-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missile system in the future, the naval anti-ship missile force "Haifeng Brigade" will be expanded and upgraded in two stages. However, due to the judgment that the Navy’s own manpower supplement may still be insufficient, according to the latest report submitted by the Navy to the Legislative Yuan, in terms of manpower planning for the Harpoon Missile Coastal Defense System, the Navy will cooperate with the organization of units to complete the elimination of old and inefficient troops. Review, and make shortfall manpower requirements to the Department of Defense to meet required manpower.

The United States sold 100 shore-mounted Harpoon missile systems to Taiwan, including 400 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II missiles launched from the ground. According to the standard configuration method of the US military, a squadron is equipped with 32 missiles and 400 Harpoon missiles The number of squadrons reached more than 12.

As for the domestically produced Xiongfeng series of anti-ship missiles, the annual output of the Xiongfeng series of missiles of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reached 201, including the annual production of 70 pieces of the Xiongsan supersonic anti-ship missiles, and the annual production of 131 units of the Xiongsan II supersonic anti-ship missiles and Xiongsheng cruise missiles. However, the military did not specify the actual number to be delivered to the navy.

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The Navy's anti-ship missile force is currently the "Sea Front Brigade," headed by a colonel. It has a fixed-position squadron, a mobile squadron, and a support squadron. There are a total of 9 squadrons. The current number of officers and soldiers is about 700 to 800.

In the future, after the home-made Xiongfeng series of anti-ship missiles, including the follow-up mass-produced H2 missiles, H3 missiles, and extended-range H3 missiles, are completed and delivered, and the shore-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missile systems purchased from the United States are shipped to Taiwan in batches, It is planned to set up nearly 20 new mobile squadrons and anti-ship missile training centers and other combat support units.

In terms of the ranks of the anti-ship missile force, military sources said that the "Sea Front Brigade" will be upgraded in two stages. The first stage will be expanded into an anti-ship missile command with the rank of major general commander, and the second stage will be a corps-level unit. The rank of commander is then promoted to the rank of lieutenant general.

The Navy’s report to the Legislative Yuan pointed out that in the face of the rapid growth of the Chinese Communist Party’s military power and the intensified threat, the Navy, in accordance with the policy guidance of the Ministry of National Defense, used innovative asymmetric thinking to construct the “Harpoon Missile Coastal Defense System” and adopted multiple types of heavy-layer attacks. , Combined with the maritime combat detachment, carry out joint sea control operations to prevent the enemy from invading.

Regarding the manpower planning of the "Harpoon Missile Coastal Defense System", the Navy stated that it will cooperate with the unit formation time to complete the review of the elimination of old and inefficient troops, and propose insufficient manpower requirements to the Ministry of National Defense to meet the required manpower.

In accordance with the schedule for the acquisition of emerging forces, the Navy proposes to the Ministry of National Defense the requirement for recruiting personnel for each squad every year, and adopts the principle of "replenishment by year and acquisition in batches", with a supplementary target of 90% of the establishment.

In order to receive a variety of Xiongfeng series anti-ship missiles and the US shore-mounted Harpoon anti-ship missile system in succession in the future, the Navy's anti-ship missile force "Sea Front Brigade" will expand and upgrade in two stages, but due to the judgment of the Navy's own manpower supply There may still be a shortage, and the Navy will make a shortfall request to the Department of Defense to meet the required manpower.

The picture shows the launch of the Xiongsan missile from the mobile launch position.

(Picture: Taken from the website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences)

The United States sold 100 shore-mounted Harpoon missile systems to Taiwan, including 400 RGM-84L-4 Harpoon Block II missiles launched from the ground. According to the standard configuration method of the US military, a squadron is equipped with 32 missiles and 400 Harpoon missiles The number of squadrons reached more than 12.

(Taken from Boeing Defense Twitter)