{"id":33540,"date":"2024-06-20T12:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/20\/us-approves-loitering-munitions-sale-for-taiwans-porcupine-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:18","slug":"us-approves-loitering-munitions-sale-for-taiwans-porcupine-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2024\/06\/20\/us-approves-loitering-munitions-sale-for-taiwans-porcupine-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"US approves loitering munitions sale for Taiwan\u2019s \u2018porcupine strategy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand \u2014 Taiwan won approval from main benefactor the U.S. to buy hundreds of loitering munitions, as part of a \u201cporcupine strategy\u201d to use such attritable weapons to help defend the country from a potential Chinese military invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Security Cooperation Agency\u2019s June 18 approvals included 291 Altius 600M-V loitering munitions from Anduril, plus 720 Switchblade 300s from AeroVironment. The former is valued at $300 million and the latter at $60.2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/commentary\/2023\/06\/28\/revitalize-laws-to-turn-eastern-and-northern-europe-into-porcupines\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1437352335.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Revitalize laws to turn Eastern and Northern Europe into \u2018porcupines\u2019<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taking a page from the 1940s, the United States can fix a rather hopeless situation in Europe.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Altius 600M-V package includes warheads and electro-optic\/infrared cameras, pneumatic launchers, transport trailers and ground control stations. The 47lb (12kg) aircraft has a 276-mile (440km) flight range and 4-hour endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the Switchblade 300, it comes with both anti-personnel and anti-armor warheads. It is smaller, with a 3.69lb (1.68kg) weight and just a 20-minute endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chen Kuo-ming, a Taipei-based defense analyst, told Defense News the Switchblades are suitable for anti-personnel use, and the Altius against armor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapons should be delivered in 2024-2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the face of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s frequent military operations around Taiwan, the U.S. side in this case agreed to sell arms items that will have reconnaissance and immediate strike capabilities and can respond quickly to enemy threats,\u201d Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S.-Taiwan Business Council also applauded the potential sales. Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers noted they \u201cadd substantially to Taiwan\u2019s inventory of mobile smart munitions, which can be used during on-island fighting all the way through to attacking People\u2019s Liberation Army assets off Taiwan\u2019s coastline\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1588\" height=\"1096\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg?resize=300,207 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg?resize=768,530 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,707 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Altius-600.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1060 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1588px) 100vw, 1588px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Altius 600 has been delivered to Ukraine, but Taiwan will be the first customer for the warhead-armed Altius 600M-V. (U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chen said he believes these loitering munitions are good for Taiwan, since they can be used by independent units, even if the country\u2019s navy and air force have been defeated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he expressed concerns about their price compared to the cost of antitank missiles, for example. He also questioned the ability of Taiwanese frontline units to see and therefore target enemies beyond visual range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chen said the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology \u2013 Taiwan\u2019s defense research and development agency \u2013 had displayed various drones, including a loitering munition \u2013 at a 2023 Taipei defense exhibition. However, \u201cUntil now, we have no real loitering munition for the army to use. So after about nine months, the U.S. government decided to sell these to Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammond-Chambers also noted, \u201cTaiwan currently has domestic companies who are working with foreign partners to develop their own indigenous mobile smart munitions. In conjunction with Foreign Military Sales cases such as these, we should expect the Ministry of National Defense to also start procuring locally to meet their defensive requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last month\u2019s Shangri-Li Dialogue in Singapore, Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, outlined a plan to strike back if China attacks Taiwan. \u201cI want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities \u2026 so that I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: This story was updated to reflect that the per-unit cost of an Altius loitering munition, which the manufacturer has declined to name on the record, cannot be reliably inferred from the overall price tag of the foreign military sale.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Defense Security Cooperation Agency approvals include 291 Altius 600M-V loitering munitions from Anduril, plus 720 Switchblade 300s from 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