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Tomahawk Cruise Missile |
- Long range, subsonic cruise missile used for land attack warfare.
- An all-weather submarine or ship-launched land-attack cruise missile.
- After launch, a solid propellant propels the missile until a small turbofan engine takes
over for the cruise portion of flight.
- Highly survivable weapon.
- Radar detection is difficult because of the missile's small cross-section, low altitude
flight.
- Infrared detection is difficult because the turbofan engine emits little heat.
- Systems include Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver; an upgrade of the Digital
Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) system; Time of Arrival (TOA) control, and
improved 402 turbo engines.
- The land attack version of Tomahawk has inertial and terrain contour matching
(TERCOM) guidance. TERCOM uses a stored map reference to compare with the actual terrain
to determine the missile's position. If necessary, a course correction is then made to
place the missile on course to the target.
- Primary Function: Long-range subsonic cruise missile for attacking land targets.
- Unit Cost:about $750,000 (over the last four years).
- Power Plant: Williams International F107-WR-402 cruise turbo-fan engine; solid-fuel
booster.
- Length: 18 feet 3 inches (5.56 meters); with booster: 20 feet 6 inches (6.25 meters).
- Weight: 2,650 pounds (1192.5 kg); 3,200 pounds (1440 kg) with booster.
- Diameter: 20.4 inches (51.81 cm).
- Wing Span: 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 meters).
- Range: Land attack, conventional warhead: 870 nautical miles (1000 statute miles, 1609
km).
- Speed: Subsonic - about 550 mph (880 km/h).
- Guidance System: Inertial and TERCOM, digital scene matching, GPS (Block III).
- Warheads: Conventional: 1,000 pounds or conventional submunitions dispenser with
combined effect bomblets.
- Date Deployed: 1986; Block III: 1995.
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