The primary goal is not to match China ship-for-ship, but to render the island too costly to assault. Mobile coastal missile batteries are a fraction of the cost of the amphibious transport ships and guided-missile destroyers they target.

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The Hsiung-feng III missile hit a trawler earlier this month in the Taiwan strait killing the boat's skipper and wounding three crew members

Taiwan ramps up training after deadly missile gaffe

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‘Kill zone’ in Taiwan Strait: Why Taiwan is expanding its anti-ship arsenal against China, which missiles form its core

Taiwan ramps up training after deadly missile gaffe