Taiwan is pouring billions into homegrown anti-ship missiles to make it harder for Chinese warships to approach the island — good for Taiwan's defense, bad for Beijing's naval plans.

• The navy will spend about NT$22 billion over eight years to keep buying Hsiung Feng anti-ship missiles, built at home.
• The order keeps the missile production line running now that an earlier special defense budget has been spent.
• Taiwan still wants roughly 232 more upgraded missiles, with better guidance and stronger resistance to jamming.
• US-made shore-based Harpoon missiles are also starting to arrive, with launch trucks and radar vehicles already on the island.
• Taiwan is shifting away from relying on warships and fighter jets toward truck-mounted missiles spread around the island that are harder to wipe out.

Outlook: Deliveries will build up over the next several years, giving Taiwan layered missile coverage along its coasts as tension with China continues.