Australia to acquire US Tomahawk cruise missiles: PM

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(FILES) This file handout picture downloaded from the US Navy website and taken on March 29, 2011 shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) launching a Tomahawk cruise missile to support Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn in the Mediterranean Sea. – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on September 16, 2021 the country would acquire long-range US Tomahawk cruise missiles, as it strengthens military defences in the face of a rising China. (Photo by Jonathan Sunderman / US NAVY / AFP)

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday the country would acquire long-range US Tomahawk cruise missiles, as it strengthens military defenses in the face of a rising China.

“We will be enhancing our long-range strike capability including Tomahawk cruise missiles to be fielded on the Royal Australian Navy Hobart class destroyers and joint air-to-surface standoff missiles extended range for our Royal Australian Air Force capabilities,” Morrison told reporters in Canberra.

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