Xinhuanet, CANBERRA, Feb. 13 – Australia will spend 30 million Australian dollars (23 million US dollars) to upgrade its defense forces' anti-ship missiles, Defense Minister Robert Hill said Friday.
The current Harpoon Block I missiles will be replaced with Harpoon Block II technology to enhance their precision and lethality, Hill said in a statement.
The new system will be able to more effectively target ships close to shore or in congested waterways, he said.
“The combination of state-of-the-art navigational and initialization information technology allows the missile's active radar seeker to better discriminate the desired targets from islands, other obstructions or neutral ships,” he said.
“The Harpoon missile is fired from the Anzac, Adelaide and Collins Class naval platforms, and F-111, F/A-18 and AP-3C aircraft,” he said.
“The Anzac class frigates will be the first to utilize this capability upgrade,” he added
