Vertical-launch choices for future Australian submarines

Would new Australian submarines receive Tomahawk cells or larger vertical-launch systems?

Tomahawks are expected; larger cells for hypersonic missiles are possible but depend on a newer and not-yet-built Virginia configuration.

Tomahawk is treated as an established cruise-missile option for the Australian boats, while a hypersonic-missile capability remains prospective. A larger launch tube might later accommodate hypersonic weapons, but that choice depends on missile and submarine designs still in development. The relevant Virginia-class arrangement was therefore a future production feature rather than a mature off-the-shelf option.