Taiwan still keen on acquiring JASSMs from the US 20 April 2021 by Gabriel Dominguez An official from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on 19 April that Taipei is still keen on acquiring AGM-158-series Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSMs) from the United States. Li Shih-Chiang, director of the MND’s Department of Strategic Planning, was quoted by the Taiwan News website as saying during a session of the Judiciary and Organic Laws’ parliamentary committee that a request for the sale of the land-attack cruise missile to Taiwan has not yet been approved by the administration of US President Joe Biden.