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These new missiles mean the Navy has its most lethal fleet yet

Warships are now capable of firing missiles with a range 20 times greater than before, after destroyers test fired a Tomahawk missile last week.

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login The Navy’s strike range for hitting enemy targets has increased 20-fold after the successful test firing last week of the powerful Tomahawk missile, making Australia’s fleet now the most lethal in its history. With the Indo-Pacific locked in a regional arms race fuelled by alarm over China’s military rise , the Navy has defied the tendency for military acquisitions to be bogged down by delays and test-fired three kinds of missiles from Australia’s fleet of destroyers over the past six months.

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