Australia's naval expansion plan comes as China and other powers in the Asia-Pacific and beyond build up their firepower.

Australia has become just the third country to launch a Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile (TLAM) after the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hobart class destroyer HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41) successfully test fired the long-range weapon for the first time during its current deployment off San Diego,

Hobart-class guided missile destroyer (DDG) HMAS Brisbane has test fired a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time ever off the coast of San Diego, US. With the successful event, Australia joins the US and the UK as one of the few nations to acquire and launch these missiles.