US Army Typhon Battery Built for Europe Fires Its First Tomahawk Missile

A United States Army Typhon midrange missile battery assigned to a formation intended for European operations fired its first Tomahawk cruise missile on September 28, 2026, at China Lake, California. Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment completed several weeks of training before conducting the live-fire demonstration with the road-mobile Mid-Range Capability system. Typhon uses a ground-based launcher architecture designed to employ Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles and Standard Missile-6 weapons for different engagement missions. The firing validated a unit training milestone; it did not constitute a combat deployment or confirm a European basing location.