Küstenverteidigungssystem Harpoon

Eintrag

Relevanz für Konflikte

Dies ist der einzige Eintrag des Katalogs zu diesem System. Es ist für das unten genannte Modul relevant; der Force Atlas jedes Moduls zeigt, wie es dort eingesetzt wird.

Betreiber

United States and the Taiwan Strait: Supplied through Taiwan Relations Act arms sales

Rolle auf dem Gefechtsfeld

Ground-launched anti-ship strike, complementing indigenous Hsiung Feng systems in a sea-denial concept.

Stärken

A mature and widely operated system, purchased in quantity, and precisely the asymmetric capability class US advisers have urged Taiwan to prioritise.

Einschränkungen

Delivery timelines have been the persistent issue. The order forms part of a substantial and publicly discussed backlog of US arms sales to Taiwan, and 2026's slowdown in transfers has made the gap between contracted and delivered capability a central analytical question. Vigil records the existence of the backlog and does not attempt to quantify delivery status, which is not reliably public.

Relevanz für Kampagnen

Abgeleitet: Eine beteiligte Organisation dieser Kampagnen hat eine typisierte Ausrüstungszuordnung zu diesem System. Das ist nicht dasselbe wie ein dokumentierter Einsatz des Systems in der Kampagne selbst.

• Anhaltender Druck unterhalb der Schwelle Verstärkt seit 2020

  via ROC Navy (Documented, moderate confidence)

• Maritime Zwangsunterbindung — von der Quarantäne zur Blockade Eingeschätzter Eventualfall

  via ROC Navy (Documented, moderate confidence)

Visuelle Erkennung

Truck-mounted launcher vehicles carrying angled box canisters — the coastal-defence configuration rather than the ship or air-launched one. The missile itself has a distinctive fixed cruciform wing set at mid-body and a solid booster that separates after launch; it is most often photographed in its canister rather than in flight.

Dokumentierter Einsatz im Konflikt

Contracted by Taiwan in a large coastal-defence purchase notified to the US Congress in 2020, with deliveries running across the middle of the decade. The order is one of the most-cited items in the publicly tracked backlog of US arms sales to Taiwan, and the 2026 slowdown in transfers made the gap between contracted and delivered capability a central question rather than an administrative one. Vigil records the contract and the existence of the backlog and does not attempt to publish delivery status, which is not reliably public.

Betreibende Teilstreitkräfte und Dienste

• ROC Navy Dokumentiert