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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 guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George launches a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile. Kenneth Moll/US Navy/Getty Images The US Navy wasted almost $2 billion on a failed effort to upgrade its ...
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 ...
Warhead for BGM-109A Tomahawk TLAM-N missile. Warhead used supergrade plutonium due to weapon's proximity to crew. 1 In service September 1981 to present 1750 5 or 150 kilotonnes of TNT (21 or 628 TJ) Cat D First production units. Warhead for AGM-86 ALCM and AGM-129 ACM cruise missiles. 2 Never entered production 0 Cat D
Missile Type Country Max. range Max. Speed (Mach) Mass Warhead Warhead type Status Note AV-TM 300: Surface-to-surface missile ... Tomahawk (missile family)
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 ...
Australia will now become the only US ally to obtain the Tomahawk weapon system after the UK. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
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.