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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.
In the Strategic Defence Review 2022 the acquisition of SM-3 and BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles was announced for which the Mk 41 vertical launch systems will be expanded with an additional unit of 8 cells. [citation needed]
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.
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 [update] , the BGM-109 Tomahawk missile model has become a significant part of the United States naval arsenal.
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 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 ...
BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from ships and submarines in the Adriatic. [citation needed] In addition to fixed-wing air power, one battalion of Apache helicopters from the US Army's 11th Aviation Regiment was deployed to help combat missions.