Tomahawk missile

Australia is a step closer to purchasing up to 220 missiles from the United States, in a deal that could be worth about $1.3b.

greater ability to provide long range strike and keep any potential adversary at bay, that is a critical deterrence factor,” he told ABC News. “Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific. Longer range strike missiles are a really critical component to it,” he said. “It is vital to the US national interest to assist our ally in developing and maintaining a strong and ready self-defence capability. The United States’ State Department has approved the potential sale of Tomahawk cruise missiles in what it says is “vital” to help Australia maintain a “strong and ready self-defence capability”. Australia is a step closer to purchasing up to 220 missiles from the United States, in a deal that could be worth about $1.3b.

Australia is set to buy 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US in a deal worth more than $1 billion.

"It is vital to the U.S. "Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific. "We are working with the US on having more missile capability because it's a really important part of what we need to be doing with our posture, which is to have a greater ability to project," he said.

The Australian missile sale comes with a price tag of nearly $900 million. The prime contractor will be Arizona-based Raytheon Missiles and Defense. “This ...

Rafael Grossi, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, this week pledged to be “very demanding” in overseeing the planned transfer from the U.S. “The cruise missiles are a critical part of that, as are the submarines that launch them.” “Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific.” “Making sure we have longer-range strike missiles is a really important capability for the country," Marles told Channel Nine. to modernize its fleet amid growing concern about [China](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/Taiwan)’s influence in the Indo-Pacific. State Department approved the sale Friday.

(Bloomberg) -- The US State Department approved a potential sale of Tomahawk missile systems worth $895 million to Australia, further tightening security ...