The Royal Australian Navy successfully fired a Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile for the first time in a test off the American West Coast. Australia is only the third nation to fire the long range cruise missile. HMAS Brisbane (DDG-41), the second of three Hobart-class air warfare destroyers in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), fired the Tomahawk missile during its ongoing ‘interchangeability deployment’ to the US. Throughout that deployment Brisbane has operated out of Naval Base San Diego where the ship also completed a four-week maintenance availability with the support of the US Navy.