أعلنت الحكومة الأسترالية اليوم الاثنين عزمها شراء ما يزيد على 200 صاروخ من طراز "توماهوك كروز" من الولايات المتحدة بحوالي 1.3 مليار دولار أسترالي (830 مليون دولار)، لتكون بذلك ثالث دولة تمتلك هذه الصواريخ التي يصل مداها إلى 1500 كيلومتر، إلى جانب الولايات المتحدة والمملكة المتحدة.وقال "ريتشارد مارليز" وزير الدفاع الأسترالي إن الصواريخ الهجومية بعيدة المدى والأسلحة الأخرى الموجهة مهمة للغاية في العصر الجديد الذي يتسم بالاضطرابات الجيوسياسية، والمخاطر.وفي ذات السياق، وافقت الحكومة الأسترالية على شراء أكثر من 60 صاروخًا بعيد المدى مضادة للرادارات، سيتم تشغيلها "جو-أرض" على متن الطائرات المقاتلة التابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي الأسترالي.
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أستراليا تعتزم شراء 200 صاروخ بعيد المدى من الولايات المتحدة
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China Lake, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2002) -- A Tactical "Tomahawk" Block IV cruise missile, conducts a controlled flight test over the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) western test range complex in southern California. During the second such test flight, the missile successfully completed a vertical underwater launch, flew a fully guided 780-mile course, and impacted a designated target structure as planned. The Tactical Tomahawk, the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile, adds the capability to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets, or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning System (GPS) target coordinates. It also will be able to loiter over a target area for some hours, and with its on-board TV camera, will allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target, and, if necessary redirect the missile to any other target. Launched from the Navy's forward-deployed ships and submarines, Tactical Tomahawk will provide a greater flexibility to the on-scene commander. Tactical Tomahawk is scheduled to join the fleet in 2004. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
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China Lake, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2002) -- A Tactical "Tomahawk" Block IV cruise missile, conducts a controlled flight test over the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) western test range complex in southern California. During the second such test flight, the missile successfully completed a vertical underwater launch, flew a fully guided 780-mile course, and impacted a designated target structure as planned. The Tactical Tomahawk, the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile, adds the capability to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets, or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning System (GPS) target coordinates. It also will be able to loiter over a target area for some hours, and with its on-board TV camera, will allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target, and, if necessary redirect the missile to any other target. Launched from the Navy's forward-deployed ships and submarines, Tactical Tomahawk will provide a greater flexibility to the on-scene commander. Tactical Tomahawk is scheduled to join the fleet in 2004. U.S. Navy photo. (RELEASED)
