The Royal Australian Navy Hobart-class destroyer HMAS Sydney fires the country’s first Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2024 in July 2024. (Photo: LSIS Daniel Goodman, Royal Australian Navy)
By Rich Abott |
@ReaderRabott
2 months ago |
10/22/2024
international missile defense Navy/USMC Royal Australian Navy

The Australian government on Monday announced a $4.7 billion deal to procure RTX [RTX] Standard Missile-2 Block IIIC (SM-2 IIIC) and SM-6 for its surface naval ships.

“The Standard Missile‑6 and Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC will enable our Navy to strike…

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