Taiwan fired 32 test rockets from U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) from the western coast near Taichung—at a river mouth considered a potential PLA amphibious-landing site. The rockets were launched westward, into the Taiwan Strait and towards the mainland, reported the Wall Street Journal. It is the first time Taiwan has tested the system at a western landing zone rather than at the remote Pacific-facing eastern range traditionally used.