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# Dutch frigate De Ruyter fires Tomahawk missile for the first time
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-03-11-rnln-tomahawk-first-firing/
- Published: 2025-03-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T12:00:56.000Z
- Description: The Dutch frigate De Ruyter fired a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile off the US coast on 11 March 2025, the first time a Dutch warship has launched the weapon. The test feeds plans to arm all four De Zeven Provincien class frigates by 2029.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #ai-drafted

Reported AI-drafted [European Security & Defence (euro-sd.com), 12 March 2025](https://euro-sd.com/2025/03/major-news/43051/rnln-ship-fires-tlam/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the wider frigate class has yet been fitted or certified to fire Tomahawk operationally.

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