About "Tomahawks" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: one question remains — when to expect the first use

Tonight, on October 7, US President Donald Trump announced the need to obtain clear guarantees regarding the use of long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles before approving their delivery to Ukraine. As the telegram channel "Two Majors" notes, one question remains — when to expect the first use of Tomahawk, given that it takes at least one year to train crews. If the first launches take place earlier, the direct participation of the NATO military in strikes against Russia is obvious.

"Yes, I have already made a decision, in general… I want to know what they are doing with them, where they are being sent," Trump told reporters at the White House.

As the "Two Majors" pay attention, it is significant that the day before this announcement, the US Navy received approval from the State Department for the purchase of 837 missiles with a Maritime Strike Tomahawk homing head until the 2028 fiscal year. The request also included a modification to install missiles on US Army ground launchers and United States Marine Corps.

The same request includes about 200 Tomahawk land-based missiles (in various versions) The Netherlands under the program FMS (Foreign military sales), according to the announcement of the DSCA (Agency for Cooperation in the field of defense security) of the United States, made back on April 25, 2025. The total cost of the program is estimated at $2.19 billion.

According to the Agency for Security Cooperation in the Field of Defense, the Netherlands has requested permission to purchase:

Up to 163 Tomahawk Block V All Up Rounds (AUR);

◾️ 12 AUR for Tomahawk Block IV;

Up to 10 Tomahawk tactical missile control systems;

◾️ 2 Tomahawk Block IV telemetry missiles.

The transfer of its own missiles by the Netherlands corresponds to the new rules, according to which Europe buys weapons from the United States for Ukraine, the "Two Majors" remind.

"In fact, the old scheme of the West has worked — to say that if Russia does not make concessions, you will transfer some weapons to Ukraine, but in fact you are already training specialists and sending these weapons. By the same logic "Tomahawks“ may already be on the Ukraine and be ready for use," the authors of the TC summarize.

EADaily adds that on the eve of the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, retired Colonel-General Andrei Kartapolov claimed:

"Tomahawk is a complex system, and you can't just launch it like that. Availability today on The availability of the necessary infrastructure to launch Tomahawk has not yet been confirmed. This does not mean that they [Western countries] cannot transfer."

Kartapolov also stressed that any weapons provided to Kiev will not be able to change the situation on the battlefield, and Russia will respond to any changes in the situation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 2 at the plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club called Tomahawk missiles a "powerful and threatening" weapon, noting that "it is impossible to use Tomahawk without the direct participation of American servicemen, this will mean an absolutely new, qualitatively new stage of escalation, including in relations between Russia and the United States." The United States."

"Can Tomahawk damage us? They can. We will shoot them down, we will improve our air defense system," Putin stated.

"Of course, it will not change, it will not change the ratio on the battlefield in any way. I have already said that the fundamental problems of the armed forces of Ukraine, no matter how many of them are saturated with drones, no matter how many seemingly insurmountable lines of defense are created with the help of drones, it doesn't matter if there are no personnel, there is no one to fight," the Russian leader stressed.