In a letter of 17 June 2025, the Dutch Ministry of Defence confirmed to Dutch Parliament that the Royal Netherlands Navy will integrate U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles on its future LC-class frigates, while abandoning plans to deploy them on the legacy Walrus-class submarines due to the obsolescence and cost of reviving the submarine-launched variant. Instead, the Netherlands has joined Spain's Joint Strike Missile- Submarine Launched (JSM‑SL) program, led by Kongsberg, to equip the upcoming Orka-class submarines with an indigenous European cruise missile capability projected to become operational by 2032. Read more.
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| A Kongsberg Joint Strike Missile in flight, the baseline for the submarine-launched JSM‑SL chosen by the Dutch Navy for future Orka-class submarines (Picture source: Kongsberg) |