US drafts contingency plans for Taiwan: Report
Al Mayadeen English
3 min readThe plans reportedly include the deployment of a US Marine regiment equipped with HIMARS along Japan’s Nansei island chain, which stretches from Kyushu to Yonaguni, close to Taiwan.
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Above, a US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile is launched during a live fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Taiwan’s Pingtung county on Aug. 20, 2024. (AFP)
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