"Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile" start full-scale operation. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Japan will be buying 400 Tomahawk missiles. They which will be deployed in fiscal year 2026-27 and will serve as a bridge until the deployment of indigenous missiles like the extended range Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile and the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile. Other users The Netherlands (2005) and Spain (2002 and 2005) were interested in acquiring the Tomahawk system, but the orders were later cancelled in 2007 and 2009 respectively. In 2009, the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States stated that Japan would be concerned if the TLAM-N were retired, but the government of Japan has denied that it had expressed any such view. The SLCM version of the Popeye was developed by Israel after the US Clinton administration refused an Israeli request in 2000 to purchase Tomahawk SLCM's because of international Missile Technology Control Regime proliferation rules. As of March 12, 2015, Poland has expressed interest in purchasing long-range Tomahawk missiles for its future submarines. In 2022 plans for acquiring long-range and precision-guided weapon systems for the s and submarines of The Royal Netherlands Navy are announced as part of the Strategic Defence Review 2022, Tomahawk is considered a serious contender. Operators Current operators Royal Navy US Navy US Army US Marine Corps Future operators Royal Australian Navy Royal Canadian Navy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Royal Netherlands Navy See also List of missiles Babur (cruise missile) AV-TM 300 BrahMos Nirbhay Shaurya Hoveyzeh Hsiung Feng IIE RK-55 3M-54 Kalibr Raduga Kh-55 AGM-129 ACM Hyunmoo-3 DH-10 UGM-89 Perseus ArcLight (missile) MdCN (missile) References External links Raytheon official site for the Tomahawk missile CSIS Missile Threat - Tomahawk Cruise Missile Naval cruise missiles Submarine-launched cruise missiles Cruise missiles of the Cold War Nuclear cruise missiles of the United States Nuclear cruise missiles of the United States Navy Guided missiles of the United States Navy Cold War anti-ship missiles of the United States Cruise missiles of the United Kingdom Cruise missiles of the United States Raytheon Company products Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1983