Name: Mobile missile launchers play important role in US Pacific deterrence strategy
Uploaded: 2026-05-22T13:07:18.727Z
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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, the first rocket fired by the U.S. Marines from their mobile launcher screamed toward its target, the orange burn of its engine painting a streak across the blue sky.

According to Associated Press another five rockets followed in rapid succession, before a second HIMARS truck drove out of its concealed position in a copse of evergreens, fired its salvo of six rockets, then retreated back to cover.

The live-fire exercise this week at the U.S. military’s Camp Fuji east maneuver area lasted only a few minutes, but was a significant demonstration to Pacific allies of American capabilities as Washington seeks to deter possible Chinese aggression against Taiwan, the self-governing democracy that Beijing claims as its own and hasn't ruled out taking by force.

It was also a demonstration of how the U.S. has been shifting tactics in the Pacific, made necessary by the rapid modernization and improvement of China’s military in recent years.

According to the Pentagon's latest annual report to Congress, the goal is to “deny the ability of any country in the Indo-Pacific to dominate us or our allies."

It said the priority was on bolstering deterrence “through strength, not confrontation.”

The function of the HIMARS is implicit in its full name, “High Mobility Artillery Rocket System."

It's a truck-mounted pod of rockets that can be hidden from drone or satellite surveillance, driven out to fire its GPS-guided missiles, then quickly back to a new hidden position using what the military commonly calls “shoot-and-scoot” tactics.

Introduced about 20 years ago, the HIMARS has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan, but was largely unknown to the general public until Ukraine was able to use it with great success in its fight against Russia.

Those conflicts, especially with the proliferation of drones on the battlefield that can quickly identify static artillery positions, have underscored the value of mobility, said Lt. Col. Ryan Anness, commander of the 3rd Battalion.

“"The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is very mobile, it's very accurate. It can provide fires, you know, depending on the ammunition fire, 80+ kilometres all the way up to 300 kilometres. We're able to transport it via aircraft - multiple different aircraft platforms. And it's much more mobile than traditional artillery, more able to hide and maneuver a lot faster. And again the weapon system is more accurate than most artillery weapons.",” he said.

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U.S. Marines conducted a live-fire exercise with the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at Camp Fuji, Japan. The demonstration highlights the U.S. strategy of \"shoot-and-scoot\" tactics to deter aggression in the Indo-Pacific, specifically regarding Taiwan, by emphasizing mobility and precision to counter modernized military threats and drone surveillance.

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Mobile missile launchers play important role in US Pacific deterrence strategy

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