Speaking in Senate Estimates on 5 June 2024, the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said that some of the missiles had already been fitted on some of Australia’s Anzac class frigates and Hobart class destroyers.

“This year we have fitted Naval Strike Missile to the fleet, not all vessels, but we have commenced that activity,” VADM Hammond said, without disclosing which ships have been upgraded so far.

“By the end of this year, we’ll go from a legacy fleet in being with a maximum range weapon in the vicinity of 200km to the incorporation of the Tomahawk capability with a maximum range in excess of 2,500km,” he added.