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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.
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.
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 ...
The Mark 143 Armored Box Launcher (ABL) is a four-round protected launch container for the BGM-109 Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Fitted to the Iowa-class battleship following their 1980s recommissioning upgrade, each ABL contains four ready-to-fire Tomahawks. The use of ABLs on these vessels rather than a non-armored solution was necessitated to ...
12 × VLS (BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile) & 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo) USS New Hampshire (SSN-778) , a Virginia -class nuclear-powered attack submarine , is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the state of New Hampshire .
The Williams F107 (company designation WR19) is a small turbofan engine made by Williams International.The F107 was designed to propel cruise missiles.It has been used as the powerplant for the AGM-86 ALCM, and BGM-109 Tomahawk, as well as the experimental Kaman KSA-100 SAVER and Williams X-Jet flying platform.
Installed in their place on the superstructure were four Mk 141 quad cell launchers for 16 RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, eight Mk 143 Armored Box Launcher mounts for 32 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and a quartet of 20 mm Phalanx CIWS rotary cannon for defense against enemy anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft.
12 VPT tubes for BGM-109 Tomahawk, four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) , is a Virginia -class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the United States Navy and the second such boat commemorating Admiral Hyman G. Rickover , pioneer of the nuclear navy. [ 5 ]