Tomahawk (missile)
Tomahawk | |
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solid-fuel rocket booster | |
Operational range | Block II TLAM-N – 1,350 nmi (1,550 mi; 2,500 km) Block III TLAM-C, Block IV TLAM-E – 900 nmi (1,000 mi; 1,700 km) Block Vb - 900+nmi, 1035+ miles, 1666+ km (exact range is classified) Submarines TELs |
The Tomahawk ( in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations.
Developed at the
Variants
The variants and multiple upgrades to the missile include:
- BGM-109A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile – Nuclear (TLAM-N) with a W80 nuclear warhead. Retired from service sometime between 2010 and 2013.[6] Reports from early 2018 state that the U.S. Navy is considering reintroducing a (yet unknown type of) nuclear-armed cruise missile into service.[17]
- RGM/UGM-109B Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile (TASM) – Anti-ship variant with active radar homing; withdrawn from service in 1994 and converted to Block IV version.[7]
- BGM-109C Tomahawk Land Attack Missile – Conventional (TLAM-C) with a unitary warhead. This was initially a modified Bullpup warhead.
- BGM-109D Tomahawk Land Attack Missile – Dispenser (TLAM-D) with cluster munitions.[18]
- Kit 2 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile - with a unique warhead used to disable electrical grids. First used in the Gulf War.[19]
- RGM/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM-E Block IV) – improved version of the TLAM-C.[7]
- INF Treaty.[7]
- AGM-109H/L Medium Range Air-to-Surface Missile (MRASM) – a shorter-range, turbojet powered air-launched cruise missile with cluster munitions; never entered service, cost US$569,000 (1999).[20]
Upgrades
A major improvement to the Tomahawk is network-centric warfare-capabilities, using data from multiple sensors (aircraft, UAVs, satellites, foot soldiers, tanks, ships) to find its target. It will also be able to send data from its sensors to these platforms.
Tomahawk Block II variants were all tested during January 1981 to October 1983. Deployed in 1984, some of the improvements included: an improved booster rocket, cruise missile radar altimeter, and navigation through the Digital Scene Matching Area Corellator (DSMAC).[citation needed] DSMAC was a highly accurate rudimentary AI which allowed early low power computers to navigate and precisely target objectives using cameras on board the missile. With its ability to visually identify and aim directly at a target, it was more accurate than weapons using estimated GPS coordinates. Due to the very limited computer power of the day, DSMAC did not directly evaluate the maps, but instead would compute contrast maps and then combine multiple maps into a buffer, then compare the average of those combined images to determine if it was similar to the data in its small memory system. The data for the flight path was very low resolution in order to free up memory to be used for high resolution data about the target area. The guidance data was computed by a mainframe computer which took spy satellite photos and estimated what the terrain would appear like during low level flight. Since this data would not match the real terrain exactly, and since terrain changes seasonally and with changes in light quality, DSMAC would filter out differences between maps and use the remaining similar sections in order to find its location regardless of changes in how the ground appeared. It also had an extremely bright strobe light it could use to illuminate the ground for fractions of a second in order to find its position at night, and was able to take the difference in ground appearance into account.[21]
Tomahawk Block III introduced in 1993 added time-of-arrival control and improved accuracy for Digital Scene Matching Area Correlator (DSMAC) and jam-resistant
Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) takes advantage of a loitering feature in the missile's flight path and allows commanders to redirect the missile to an alternative target, if required. It can be reprogrammed in-flight to attack predesignated targets with GPS coordinates stored in its memory or to any other GPS coordinates. Also, the missile can send data about its status back to the commander. It entered service with the US Navy in late 2004. The Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) added the capability for limited mission planning on board the firing unit (FRU).[23]
Tomahawk Block IV introduced in 2006 adds the strike controller which can change the missile in flight to one of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect it to a new target. This targeting flexibility includes the capability to loiter over the battlefield awaiting a more critical target. The missile can also transmit battle damage indication imagery and missile health and status messages via the two-way satellite data link. Firing platforms now have the capability to plan and execute GPS-only missions. Block IV also has an improved anti-jam GPS receiver for enhanced mission performance. Block IV includes Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), and Tomahawk Command and Control System (TC2S).[24][25][26]
On 16 August 2010, the Navy completed the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), a new warhead designed to give the Tomahawk the same blast-fragmentation capabilities while introducing enhanced penetration capabilities in a single warhead. In the static test, the warhead detonated and created a hole large enough for the follow-through element to completely penetrate the concrete target.
In 2012, the USN studied applying Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) technology into the Tactical Tomahawk.[29]
In 2014, Raytheon began testing Block IV improvements to attack sea and moving land targets.
A supersonic version of the Tomahawk is under consideration for development with a ramjet to increase its speed to Mach 3. A limiting factor to this is the dimensions of shipboard launch tubes. Instead of modifying every ship able to carry cruise missiles, the ramjet-powered Tomahawk would still have to fit within a 21 inches (530 mm)-diameter and 20 feet (6.1 m)-long tube.[31]
In October 2015, Raytheon announced the Tomahawk had demonstrated new capabilities in a test launch, using its onboard camera to take a reconnaissance photo and transmit it to fleet headquarters. It then entered a loitering pattern until given new targeting coordinates to strike.[38]
By January 2016,
Tomahawk Block V was introduced in 2021 with improvements to navigation and in-flight targeting. Block Va, the Maritime Strike Tomahawk (MST) which allows the missile to engage a moving target at sea, and Block Vb outfitted with the JMEWS warhead for hard-target penetration, will be released after the initial batch of Block V is delivered in March 2021.[40] All Block IV Tomahawks will be converted to Block V standard, while the remaining Block III missiles will be retired and demilitarized.[41]
Tomahawk Block V have longer range and dynamic targeting with the capability to hit vessels at sea (maritime strike role). Raytheon is recertifying and modernizing the missile, extending its service life by 15 years, and resulting in the new Tomahawk Block V series:
- Block V: A modernized TACTOM with upgraded navigation and communication
- Block VA: Block V anti-ship version, capable of hitting moving targets at sea. Block VA's range is shorter than the Block V it's based upon, due to the extra space for the new navigation/sensor/passive radar needs. Estimate the Block VA's range is 500–700 km (310–435 miles)[citation needed]
- Block VB: Block V, with a joint multi-effects warhead that can hit more diverse land targets.[40]
In 2020, Los Alamos National Laboratory reported that it would use corn ethanol to produce domestic fuel for Tomahawk missiles, which also does not require harsh acids to manufacture, compared to petroleum-based JP-10.[42]
Launch systems
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Each missile is stored and launched from a pressurized canister that protects it during transportation and storage, and also serves as a launch tube.[43] These canisters were racked in Armored Box Launchers (ABL), which were installed on the four reactivated Iowa-class battleships USS Iowa, USS New Jersey, USS Missouri, and USS Wisconsin. The ABLs were also installed on eight Spruance-class destroyers, the four Virginia-class cruisers, and the nuclear cruiser USS Long Beach. These canisters are also in vertical launching systems (VLS) in other surface ships, capsule launch systems (CLS) in the later Los Angeles-class submarine and Virginia-class submarines, and in submarines' torpedo tubes. All ABL equipped ships have been decommissioned.
For submarine-launched missiles (called UGM-109s), after being ejected by gas pressure (vertically via the VLS) or by water impulse (horizontally via the torpedo tube), a
After achieving flight, the missile's wings are unfolded for lift, the airscoop is exposed and the turbofan engine is employed for
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 versions of control systems have been used, including:
- v2 TWCS – Tomahawk Weapon Control System (1983), also known as "green screens", was based on an old tank computing system.
- v3 ATWCS – Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System (1994), first Commercial Off the Shelf, uses HP-UX.
- v4 TTWCS – Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System, (2003).
- v5 TTWCS – Next Generation Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System. (2006)
On August 18, 2019, the United States Navy conducted a test flight of a Tomahawk missile launched from a ground-based version of the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System.[45] It was the United States' first acknowledged launch of a missile that would have violated the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, from which the Trump administration withdrew on August 2 after Russia broke it.[46]
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Launch of a Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile from USS Stethem
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Battleship USS Missouri launching a Tomahawk missile
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Submarine launch from USS Florida
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Launch trajectory from an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
The
Munitions
The TLAM-D contains 166 sub-munitions in 24 canisters: 22 canisters of seven each, and two canisters of six each to conform to the dimensions of the airframe. The sub-munitions are the same type of Combined Effects Munition bomblet used in large quantities by the U.S. Air Force with the CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition. The sub-munitions canisters are dispensed two at a time, one per side. The missile can perform up to five separate target segments which enables it to attack multiple targets. However, in order to achieve a sufficient density of coverage typically all 24 canisters are dispensed sequentially from back to front.
TERCOM – Terrain Contour Matching. A digital representation of an area of terrain is mapped based on digital terrain elevation data or stereo imagery. This map is then inserted into a TLAM mission which is then loaded onto the missile. When the missile is in flight it compares the stored map data with radar altimeter data collected as the missile overflies the map. Based on comparison results the missile's inertial navigation system is updated and the missile corrects its course. TERCOM was based on, and was a significant improvement on, "Fingerprint," a technology developed in 1964 for the SLAM.[citation needed]
DSMAC – Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation. A digitized image of an area is mapped and then inserted into a TLAM mission. During the flight the missile will verify that the images that it has stored correlates with the image it sees below itself. Based on comparison results the missile's inertial navigation system is updated and the missile corrects its course.
GPRS - The Tomahawk relies on the Global Positioning Recognition System as a guidance mechanism.
Operational history
United States
Air Force
The Air Force is a former operator of the nuclear-armed version of the Tomahawk, the BGM-109G Gryphon.[48]
Army
In November 2020, the
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- In the 1991 Gulf War, 288 Tomahawks were launched, 12 from submarines and 276 from surface ships.[50] The first salvo was fired by the destroyer USS Paul F. Foster[51] on January 17, 1991. The attack submarines USS Pittsburgh[52] and USS Louisville followed.
- January 17, 1993: Al Rasheed Hotel, killing two civilians.[53]
- June 26, 1993: 23 Tomahawks were fired at the Iraqi Intelligence Service's command and control center.[citation needed]
- September 10, 1995: USS Normandy launched 13 Tomahawk missiles from the central Adriatic Sea against a key air defense radio relay tower in Bosnian Serb territory during Operation Deliberate Force.[citation needed]
- September 3, 1996: 44 ship-launched UGM-109 and B-52-launched AGM-86 cruise missiles were fired at air defense targets in southern Iraq.[54]
- August 20 1998: 79 Tomahawk missiles were fired simultaneously at two targets in Afghanistan and Sudan in retaliation for the bombings of American embassies by Al-Qaeda.[55]
- December 16, 1998: 325 Tomahawk missiles were fired at key Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Fox.[citation needed]
- In early 1999, 218 Tomahawk missiles were fired by U.S. ships and a British submarine during the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[56]
- October 2001: about 50 Tomahawk missiles struck targets in Afghanistan in the opening hours of Operation Enduring Freedom.[57]
- During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, more than 802 Tomahawk missiles were fired at key Iraqi targets.[58]
- March 3, 2008: two Tomahawk missiles were fired at a target in Somalia by a US vessel during the Dobley airstrike, reportedly in an attempt to kill Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, an al Qaeda militant.[59][60]
- December 17, 2009: two Tomahawk missiles were fired at targets in Yemen.[61] One TLAM-D struck an alleged Al-Qaeda training camp in al-Ma'jalah in al-Mahfad, a region of the Abyan governorate of Yemen. Amnesty International reported that 55 people were killed in the attack, including 41 civilians (21 children, 14 women, and six men). The US and Yemen governments refused to confirm or deny involvement, but diplomatic cables released as part of United States diplomatic cables leak later confirmed the missile was fired by a U.S. Navy ship.[18]
- March 19, 2011: 124 Tomahawk missiles[62] were fired by U.S. and British forces (112 US, 12 British)[63] against at least 20 Libyan targets around Tripoli and Misrata.[64] As of 22 March 2011, 159 UGM-109 were fired by US and UK ships against Libyan targets.[65]
- September 23, 2014: 47 Tomahawk missiles Khorasan group targets in Syria west of Aleppo.[67]
- October 13, 2016: five Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched by Houthi rebels in response to anti-ship missiles fired at US Navy ships the day before.[68]
- on April 6, 2017, 59 Tomahawk missiles Bashar Al-Assad. U.S. Central Command stated in a press release that Tomahawk missiles hit "aircraft, hardened aircraft shelters, petroleum and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers, defense systems, and radars".[69] Initial U.S. reports claimed "approximately 20 planes" were destroyed, and that 58 out of the 59 cruise missiles launched had "severely degraded or destroyed" their intended target.[70][71]
- On April 14, 2018, the US launched 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syrian targets near Damascus and Homs, as part of the April 2018 missile strikes against Syria.[72] These strikes were done in retaliation for Douma chemical attack. The United States Department of Defense said Syria fired 40 defensive missiles at the allied weapons but did not hit any targets.[73] The Russian military said that Syrian air defenses shot down 71 of the 103 missiles launched by the US and its allies, but it was not possible to verify the claims.[74]
- On January 11, 2024, U.S. officials stated that over 80 Tomahawk cruise missile were launched by USS Philippine Sea (CG-58), USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS Gravely, USS Mason (DDG-87), and USS Florida (SSGN-728) According to U.S. officials these strikes targeted Houthi assets including command and control nodes, munitions, depots, launching systems, production facilities, and air defense radar systems these were then followed up by attacks from aircraft launched from the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. These strikes came in response to Houthi attacks on civilian vessels transiting the Red Sea and failure to abide by repeated warnings from western officials.[75][76][77]
Number of Tomahawk missiles fired | |||
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Operation | Target country | Year | Number |
Gulf War | Iraq | 1991-01-17 | 288 |
Part of Iraq disarmament | Iraq | 1993-01-17 | 46 |
Part of Iraq disarmament | Iraq | 1993-06-26 | 23 |
Operation Deliberate Force | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 1995-09-10 | 13 |
Part of Iraq disarmament | Iraq | 1996-09-03 | 44 |
Operation Infinite Reach | Afghanistan / Sudan | 1998-08-20 | 79 |
Operation Desert Fox
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Iraq | 1998-12-16 | 325 |
NATO intervention in Yugoslavia
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Yugoslavia | 1999-03-24 | 218 |
Operation Enduring Freedom | Afghanistan | 2001-10-07 | 50 |
2003 invasion of Iraq | Iraq | 2003-03-20 | 802 |
Dobley airstrike | Somalia | 2008-03-03 | 2 |
Against an Al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen | Yemen | 2009-12-17 | 2 |
2011 military intervention in Libya | Libya | 2011-03-19 | 124 |
Military intervention against ISIL
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Iraq | 2014-09-23 | 47 |
In response to anti-ship missiles fired by Houthis in Yemen | Yemen | 2016-10-13 | 5 |
Shayrat missile strike
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Syria | 2017-04-06 | 59 |
2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs
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Syria | 2018-04-13 | 66 |
2024 missile strikes in Yemen | Yemen | 2024-01-11 | 80 |
In 1995, the US agreed to sell 65 Tomahawks to the UK for torpedo-launch from their nuclear attack submarines. The first missiles were acquired and test-fired in November 1998; all
In April 2004, the UK and US governments reached an agreement for the British to buy 64 of the new generation of Tomahawk missile—the Block IV or TacTom missile.[83] It entered service with the Royal Navy on 27 March 2008, three months ahead of schedule.[84] In July 2014 the US approved the sale to the UK of a further 65 submarine-launched Block IV's at a cost of US$140m including spares and support;[85] as of 2011[update] the Block III missiles were on British books at £1.1m and the Block IV at £0.87m including VAT.[86]
The Sylver Vertical Launching System on the new Type 45 destroyer is claimed by its manufacturers to have the capability to fire the Tomahawk, although the A50 launcher carried by the Type 45 is too short for the weapon (the longer A70 silo would be required). Nevertheless, the Type 45 has been designed with weight and space margin for a strike-length Mk41 or Sylver A70 silo to be retrofitted, allowing Type 45 to use the TLAM Block IV if required. Both the new Type 26 frigates and the Type 31 frigate will be filled with strike-length Mk41 VLS.[87]
In June 2022, the UK announced it would be upgrading its Tomahawk cruise missiles to Block V standard through a £265 million contract with the US government. The missiles will be upgraded from 2024.[88]
According to infographics released by Royal Canadian Navy, their new frigates (CSC) will be equipped with the missile.[89][90]
In September 2021, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia would acquire Tomahawks for the Royal Australian Navy's Hobart-class air warfare destroyers.[91] In March 2023, the US State Department approved a Foreign Military Sale to sell Australia of up 200 Block V and up to 20 Block IV missiles worth an estimated $US895 million.[92] The sale was approved by the United States State Department for $250 million USD on 11 January 2024.[93]
Japan
The Japanese government is negotiating with the U.S. government to purchase U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles for attacking enemy bases and counterattack purposes.[94] The Japanese government decided to purchase the Tomahawk cruise missile before their domestic improved range "Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile" start full-scale operation.[95] Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Japan will be buying 400 Tomahawk missiles.[96] They which will be deployed in fiscal year 2026-27 and will serve as a bridge until the deployment of indigenous missiles like the extended range Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile and the Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile.[97]
The Netherlands
After initial interest and planning (2005), the Dutch Ministry of Defence in 2023 confirmed ordering the ship launched- and submarine launched versions of the Tomahawk to be installed on both existing as well as future frigates & submarines. The order was subsequently cancelled in 2007.
In 2022 plans for acquiring long-range and precision-guided weapon systems for the frigates and submarines of
Other users
Spain (2002 and 2005) was interested in acquiring the Tomahawk system, but the order was later cancelled in 2009.[103][104]
In 2009, the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States stated that Japan would be concerned if the TLAM-N were retired, but the government of Japan has denied that it had expressed any such view.[105]
The SLCM version of the Popeye was developed by Israel after the US government under the Clinton administration refused an Israeli request in 2000 to purchase Tomahawk SLCMs because of international Missile Technology Control Regime proliferation rules.[106]
As of March 12, 2015, Poland has expressed interest in purchasing long-range Tomahawk missiles for its future submarines.[107]
Operators
Current operators
Future operators
See also
- AV-TM 300
- Babur
- CJ-10
- Hoveyzeh
- Hsiung Feng IIE
- Hyunmoo-3
- Kalibr
- Kh-55
- MdCN
- Nirbhay
- RK-55
- R-360 Neptune
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