TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Army has proposed allocating NT$11.03 billion (US$345 million) to replenish its Stinger missile stockpile, shortening the procurement schedule by a year.
According to the Ministry of National Defense’s proposed 2027 budget submitted to the Legislative Yuan, the procurement covers additional ammunition for existing Stinger missile systems, per Liberty Times. The project is separate from a previously budgeted military investment program to acquire man-portable Stinger missiles.
The latest budget classifies the purchase under logistics and maintenance spending for general ammunition procurement and maintenance, rather than as a new weapons acquisition program. The funding is intended to cover missiles purchased from the US, excluding launch systems and vehicle platforms.
The additional missiles are intended to replenish stocks for Taiwan’s existing Avenger mobile air defense systems, Dual Mount Stinger air defense systems, and Apache attack helicopters equipped with air-launched Stinger missiles, Liberty Times reported. The replenishment would strengthen the military’s ability to sustain air defense operations during a potential conflict across the Taiwan Strait.
The procurement was originally scheduled to run from 2026 through 2031, spreading payments over six years. The latest budget moves the completion date up by one year to 2030, shortening the project from six years to five while keeping total funding unchanged.
The proposed budget allocates NT$1 billion each for 2026 and 2027, with the remaining NT$9.03 billion scheduled for 2028 through 2030, according to Liberty Times. That translates to average annual spending of about NT$3.01 billion over the final three years, roughly three times the annual allocations in the initial phase.
