TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan aims to complete its multi-layer, multi-missile “T-Dome” air defense network by next year.

In a report submitted by the MND and the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology to the Legislative Yuan on Wednesday, the military outlined plans to complete the first integrated domestic regional air defense system, per Liberty Times. The initial phase will integrate three platforms, including the Strong Bow (Sky Bow IV), Sky Bow III, and Sky Sword II.

Defense officials told Liberty Times that once the domestic air defense system is integrated, it will then be connected through the US Integrated Battle Command System. This would enable large-scale integration between Taiwan’s domestically produced systems and additional US-made Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and NASAMS missile systems.

The MND said the Strong Bow system forms the outermost layer of the network, with an interception altitude of up to 70 kilometers. It can operate alongside Patriot and Sky Bow III missiles to provide layered interception against aircraft and ballistic missiles.

Unlike the passive electronically scanned array radars on Patriot PAC-3 and Sky Bow III systems, Strong Bow uses an active electronically scanned array radar capable of detecting targets at greater distances and higher altitudes with improved precision. It is expected to serve as a key forward sensor in Taiwan’s integrated air defense network.

The ministry said that aside from the US THAAD and Israel’s Arrow 2 systems, few comparable air defense missiles exist at the same operational level. Taiwan’s domestically developed system has completed operational evaluation and is ready for mass production, with US technical assistance for the AESA radar to enhance multi-layer denial, precision strike, dispersed survivability, and rapid decision-making.

The MND said excluding the project from the NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.16 billion) special defense budget would squeeze funding for domestic air defense missiles in the regular budget. Officials said the Strong Bow system is mobile and designed for dispersed deployment, enabling effective operations under electromagnetic interference or in GPS-denied environments and improving battlefield survivability.