Friday, March 19, 2010

Tomahawk

IOC: 1984

Tomahawk Block II

IOC: 1986

Also Known As
RGM-109C
TLAM-C
TLAM-D
UGM-109C

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
Raytheon

Applications
CG 47 (VLS)
DD 963 Spruance
DDG 51 Flight I
DDG 51 Flight II
DDG 51 Flight IIA
SSN 21 Seawolf
SSN 23 Jimmy Carter
SSN 688 (VLS)
SSN 688I

Family Members
BGM-109A Tomahawk
BGM-109B Tomahawk
Tactical Tomahawk
Tomahawk Block III

Bombs:
BLU-97 CEB (166)

Description: The BGM-109 Tomahawk missile is a long range, land attack, subsonic, cruise missile launched from surface ships and submarines. The Tomahawk missiles fly at extremely low altitudes at subsonic speeds, and are piloted over an evasive route by several mission tailored guidance systems. Its propulsion system consists of a Williams International F107-WR-402 cruise turbo fan engine and a solid fuel booster. Radar detection of Tomahawk cruise missile is difficult because the missile's low radar cross section and low altitude flight. In addition F107 engine emits little heat.

The baseline Tomahawk cruise missile uses a Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM), INS and Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) guidance system. Late models add a GPS capability to the guidance system. The Tomahawk can be armed with a W-80 nuclear warhead, a 1,000-pound unitary warhead and a general purpose submunition dispenser with combined effects bomblets. The Tomahawk cruise missiles are delivered to ships and submarines as an all-up-round, including the missile, the booster and the container.

The Tomahawk cruise missile was used for the first time in 1991 during the Desert Storm in Iraq. Since then the Tomahawk missile has been used against the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Sudan and recently Iraq during operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).

The Tomahawk Block II was deployed in 1986 carrying a single unitary 1,000-pound warhead. In 1988 was deployed the TLAM-D a derivative of Tomahawk Block II armed with 166 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomblets in 24 packages. The Block II missiles were the Tomahawk model employed during the Gulf War in 1991.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 533 mm, Length 6.3 m, Width 2.6 m

Weights: Max Weight 1,588 kg (3,501 lb), Warhead 450 kg (992 lb)

Performance: Max Range 1,300 km (702 nm), Top Speed 250 mps (Mach 0.75)

News
Raytheon Demonstrating Submarine Launched AIM-9X

Operators

United States of America

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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