Australian fighters and ships will be armed with new missiles. Yesterday, September 23, the portal navalpost.com He reported that the Australian government approved the purchase of Tomahawk, JASSM-ER and LRASM ammunition.
The Raytheon RGM-109 Tomahawk is designed to equip Hobart-type ships, while the JASSM-ER and LRASM will be used to arm Hornet and F-35A fighters.
AGM-158C LRASM missile on an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter
Image source: navyrecognition.com
The purchase of new missiles takes place within the framework of the newly created military alliance AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States). With the accession to the new military alliance, Australia opened access to a number of US military technologies that were previously transferred only to some allies.