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There have been several variants, employing several kinds of warheads. The operational versions include the unitary conventional land attack TLAM-C, the bomblet-dispensing land attack TLAM-D, and nuclear land attack (TLAM-N) (not deployed). There is also the Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile (TASM). Ground Launch Cruise Missiles and their truck-like launch vehicles were destroyed to comply with the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
The Block III TLAMs that entered service in 1993 can fly farther and use Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to strike more precisely. Block IV TLAMs have a better DSMAC system, can loiter over a battlefield until called down, and pack better turbo engines.
Tomahawks are difficult to intercept, due to their small size and radar cross-section and low-altitude flight.
Launch of a Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile from the USS Stethem.
Each missile is stored and launched from a pressurized canister that protects it during transportation and storage and acts as a launch tube. These canisters are racked in armored box launchers, as on the battleship Missouri, vertical launch systems in other surface ships and the later Los Angeles-class submarines).; and subs' torpedo tubes.
The missile is launched and steered for the first few seconds of flight by a solid fuel booster with steering vanes in its exhaust. Then the stubby wings and control surfaces are deployed, and the turbofan engine takes over. Over water, the Tomahawk uses inertial guidance to follow a preset course; once over land, the inertial system is aided by Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM). Terminal guidance is provided by the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) system, producing a claimed accuracy of about 10 meters.
In the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict, 288 Tomahawks were launched, including 12 by two attack submarines.
The Tomahawk Weapon System consists of the missile, Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC)/Afloat Planning System, and either the Tomahawk Weapon Control System (on surface ships) or Combat Control System (for submarines).
Several version of control systems have been used, including:
TWCS - Tomahawk Weapon Control System (1983), also known as "green screens," was based on an old tank computing system.
ATWCS - Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System (1994), first Commercial Off the Shelf, uses HPUX.
TTWCS - Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System, (2003).
In 1995, the U.S. agreed to sell Britain more than 60 Tomahawks to arm Royal Navy (RN) nuclear submarines. The first missiles were acquired in 1998, with the first RN Tomahawk test also occurring that year. It is, as of 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, in use with the SwiftsureThe Royal Navy's Swiftsure class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs) is the older of the two classes of attack submarine in service with the RN. It originally contained six boats, but HMS Swiftsure was decommissioned in 1992 due to damage suffered to the p and TrafalgarThe Royal Navy's Trafalgar class of nuclear fleet submarines (SSNs) includes seven boats: Trafalgar (S107), Turbulent (S87), Tireless (S88), Torbay (S90), Trenchant (S91), Talent (S92), and Triumph (S93). It is an attack submarine and is essentially a ref class nuclear fleet submarines, and it is planned all RN submarines will be Tomahawk capable by 20082008 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2008 Years in the future Articulo futuro Predicted events January NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft makes the first of three flybys of Mercury. February 1 Sweden plans to cease analog television b. The Tomahawk will also be deployed by the future Astute-classThe Astute class of submarine comprises the largest nuclear-powered attack submarines to be built for the Royal Navy. As the Swiftsure class submarines aged, the Royal Navy began to design their replacements. The original design called for large submarine nuclear fleet submarine. In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, the UK and USA governments reached an agreement for the UK to buy sixty-four of the new generation of Tomahawk missile, the Block IV or TacTom missile. The SYLVERThe SYLVER is a vertical missile launcher designed by DCN. The primary application of the launcher has been the MBDA Aster missile. The SYLVER, together with the Aster, is the primary component of the PAAMS naval anti-air warfare system. The French Navy h vertical launch system to be fitted to the Type 45 destroyer is claimed to have the capability to fire the Tomahawk by its manufacturers. Therefore it would appear that Tomahawk is a candidate to be fitted to the T45 if the decision is made to fit her with cruise missiles. However, there is some doubt over the truth of the manufacturer's claims. France, which also uses the SYLVER launcher, is developing a version of the Storm ShadowStorm Shadow is an Anglo- French air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by MBDA and used by Britain, France, and Italy. Storm Shadow is the British name for the weapon; in French service it is called SCALP EG Emploi General meaning General Purpose)./Scalp cruise missile capable of launch from the SYLVER system, which would give a similar land attack capability.
It was first used by the RN, when HMS Splendid fired Tomahawks during the Kosovo War in 1999. It was later used by the RN in the Afghanistan War in 2001, as-well as Operation Telic, the British contribution to the 2003 Iraq War.
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