Australia will buy American missiles Tomahawk with a distance of flight over 1600 km

In the Pacific region, China has exceptional rockets for more than 2000 km, so Australia needs its own answer for warships. Australia's Ministry of Defense plans to buy the latest Tomahawk missiles worth $ 985 million. The agreement was approved by the US State Department. About it reports Defense News. Raythein Technologies production lines will be fully loaded by the US Navy, Australia and Japan's order, which will buy rockets for $ 1. 6 billion among other counter -strike weapons.

The US and Australia contract is designed for 200 Block V and 20 Block IV rockets together with the necessary related equipment. The rockets will be placed on the hobart class, which will impress ground targets and moving marine targets with high accuracy. The range of ammunition flight is more than 1000 miles (1600 km. ).

This is especially important because in the Azith-Pacific region, where China has exceptional DF-26 and DF-21 forces with a distance of 2490 miles (4007 km) and 1335 miles (2148 km), respectively. "The proposed sale will improve Australia's ability to interact with the US Navy and other Union forces, as well as its ability to participate in missions of mutual interest," the State Department's official statement said.