The United Kingdom’s Astute class submarine, HMS Anson, has arrived in Western Australia, where over the coming weeks Australian personnel will assist in its planned maintenance. This is another major milestone for the AUKUS program — helping grow the skills and systems we’ll need for our own future conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines. | Richard Marles MP

HMS Astute (S119) Conducting a (TLAM) Tomahawk Missile Launch & Target Impact footage 🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🇬🇧 In 1995 the US agreed to sell 65 Tomahawks to the UK for torpedo-launch from their nuclear attack submarines. The first missiles were acquired and test-fired in November 1998; all Royal Navy fleet submarines are now Tomahawk capable, including the Astute-class. The Kosovo War in 1999 saw the Swiftsure-class HMS Splendid become the first British submarine to fire the Tomahawk in combat. The UK subs