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2. Tomahawk (missile family) - Wikipedia

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   The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) added the capability for limited mission planning on board the firing unit (FRU). [25] Tomahawk Block IV introduced in 2006 adds the strike controller which can change the missile in flight to one of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect it to a new target. This targeting flexibility ...

3. List of United States Navy Guided Missile Launching Systems

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   Launchers are being retrofitted to launch the RIM-162D Evolved Sea Sparrow. Mk 32 Single round launcher for the standard missile. Used only by Taiwan, currently fit to the Chi Yang-class frigates. [3] Mk 41: The vertical launch system first fitted to USS Bunker Hill. These launchers are highly versatile and can launch a wide range of USN ordnance.

4. Vertical launching system - Wikipedia

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   A RIM-156A missile launching from a VLS cell on USS Lake Erie in 2008. US Navy Mark 41 Tomahawk hot launch. A vertical launch system can be either hot launch, where the missile ignites in the cell, or cold launch, where the missile is expelled by gas produced by a gas generator which is not part of the missile itself, and then the missile ignites.

5. Cruise-missile submarine - Wikipedia

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   The doors for the P-700's inclined launch tubes are visible flanking the sail. An official USN rendering of an Ohio-class submarine VLS system firing Tomahawk missiles. A cruise missile submarine is a submarine that carries and launches cruise missiles (SLCMs consisting of land-attack cruise missiles and anti-ship missiles) as its primary armament.

6. Typhon missile launcher - Wikipedia

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   Typhon, also commonly referred to as the "Strategic Mid-range Fires System" (SMRF), is a United States Army transporter erector launcher for Standard SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles. [2] [3] [4] Formerly known as the Midrange Capabilities System (MCS), it has since been renamed to the Strategic Mid-range Fires System (SMRF) and given the designation ...

7. 3 Failures From the Surface Launch - AOL

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   Now that the dust has settled around the Microsoft Surface launch, we can take a moment to reflect on how poorly Team Redmond handled this whole affair. From the CEO himself, the Surface is ...

8. Submarine-launched cruise missile - Wikipedia

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   HMS Astute launching a Tomahawk in 2011. A submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a submarine (especially a SSG or SSGN).Current versions are typically standoff weapons known as land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs), which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional or nuclear payloads.

9. Why Microsoft Had to Launch Surface

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   Former Microsoft exec Craig Mundie, who now serves as special advisor to Steve Ballmer, recently explained why the company needed to launch Surface. It was taking some blame for low-quality ...