Netherlands' future submarines to be armed with EU-supplied cruise missiles instead of US Tomahawks, local defence official says

Tuinman wrote that, although the Orka-class was initially intended to launch Tomahawks, the specific variant of the missile that the Dutch Ministry of Defence had planned to acquire for use on the boats had already ceased production, and that the submarine-launched version of Kongsberg's "joint strike missile" would be selected instead.

The RNLN will still receive additional Tomahawks from the US, though these will be variants that are designed for deployment aboard surface ships instead of submarines.