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The BGM-109 Tomahawk (/ ˈ t ɒ m ə h ɔː k /) Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is an American long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations.
Beginning 5 January 1985 the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile system was installed with two 4-cell Armored Box Launchers on the fantail, with the Harpoon launchers resited. [18] On 19 October 1987, she participated in Kuwaiti tanker reflagging and provided anti-aircraft cover during Operation Nimble Archer .
The BGM-109G was developed as a counter to the mobile MRBM and IRBM nuclear missiles (SS-20 Saber) deployed by the Soviet Union in Eastern Bloc European countries.The GLCM and the U.S. Army's Pershing II may have been the incentives that fostered Soviet willingness to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF treaty), and thus possibly reduced the threat of nuclear wars in Europe.
12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo) USS New Mexico (SSN-779) is a Virginia -class nuclear powered fast- attack submarine of the United States Navy .
The most common mission for cruise missiles is to attack relatively high-value targets such as ships, command bunkers, bridges and dams. [50] Modern guidance systems permit accurate attacks. As of 2001, the BGM-109 Tomahawk missile model has become a significant part of the United States naval arsenal. It gives ships and submarines a somewhat ...
40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk USS Long Island (SSN-809) will be a nuclear-powered Virginia -class submarine for the United States Navy , the eighth of the Block V attack submarines and 36th overall of the class.
Japan is buying 400 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, which could counter attacks from China or North Korea’s large nearby arsenals of land-based missiles. The U.S. Finally Sold 400 Tomahawk ...
12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 ADCAP torpedo) USS Missouri (SSN-780) is the seventh Virginia -class attack submarine and the fourth ship in the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri . [ 2 ]