Australia Cleared To Gain Tomahawk Cruise Missile Capability

March 16, 2023

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The State Department on Thursday approved a potential $895 million deal to sell up to 200 Tomahawk Block V and up to 20 Tomahawk Block IV All Up Rounds (AUR) cruise missiles and related equipment to Australia.

A source familiar with the deal told The War Zone that this is a new introduction of the Tomahawk Weapons Systems for Australia’s Hobart class destroyers.

Australia Cleared To Gain Tomahawk Cruise Missile Capability — The guided-missile destroyer *USS Chafee* (DDG 90) launches a Block V Tomahawk, the weapon’s newest variant, during a three-day missile exercise in December 2020. This event marked the first time a Block V Tomahawk missile was operationally tested. (U.S. Navy photo by Ens. Sean Ianno/Released)

Back in September 2021, then-Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared his nation’s intention to acquire the Tomahawks. You can read more about that in our coverage here.

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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on Thursday notified Congress that Australia requested to buy the Tomahawks, as well as support for all three segments of Australia’s Tomahawk Weapon System (TWS) including the All Up Round (AUR), the Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TTWCS), and the Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC).

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