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Australia Buying $1.7 Billion In Tomahawk and AARGM-ER Missiles

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Australia Buying $1.7 Billion In Tomahawk and AARGM-ER Missiles
A Tomahawk launched off a U.S. Navy vessel. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Australian government this week announced it is buying over $1.1 billion in missiles to strike opponents from longer ranges. On Aug. 21 the Australian Ministry of Defense said it will buy over 200 RTX [RTX] Tomahawk cruise missiles from the U.S. to be used on its Hobart-class destroyers at a value of about $836 million. This will make Australia the third country to field Tomahawk missiles after the U.S. and United Kingdom. The missiles have a range of over…

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