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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.
BGM-71 TOW: Wire-guided: Mach 0.8: BGM-109 Tomahawk: Global Positioning System aided TERCOM: Mach 0.7: RGM-84 Harpoon: Active radar homing: Mach 0.7: MGM-140 ATACMS: GPS-aided inertial navigation guidance Mach 3 LRHW-Mach 17
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.
BGM-109 Tomahawk Iowa (SSN-797) , a Virginia -class submarine , will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa . Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced the name on September 2, 2015, during a news briefing at Iowa State University .
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.
40 VLS tubes (12 forward VPT; 28 in VPM), four 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes for Mk-48 torpedoes BGM-109 Tomahawk USS John H. Dalton (SSN-808) will be a nuclear-powered Virginia -class submarine for the United States Navy , the seventh of the Block V attack submarines and 35th overall of the class.
The submarine version is encapsulated in a hydrodynamic hard container which is ejected when the missile reaches the surface. Expected to fulfill a similar role as the American-developed BGM-109 Tomahawk , the range of the MdCN (well over 1000 km) is double that of the SCALP. [ 2 ]