Tomahawk Cruise Missile

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TomahawkCruise Missile

• Richard Bly

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Overview

• Description The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
  (TLAM) is a long range, subsonic cruise missile
  used for land attack warfare, launched from U. S.
  Navy surface ships and submarines.

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Background

• first operational use was in Operation Desert
  Storm (1991)
• designed to fly at extremely low altitudes at
  high subsonic speeds
• are piloted over an evasive route by several
  mission tailored guidance systems
• Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC)
  and Global Positioning Satellite System guidance
  capability is coupled to the Block II guidance
  systems for precision navigation

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Background

• Because of its long range, lethality, and extreme
  accuracy, Tomahawk has become the weapon of
  choice for the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Tomahawk Block IV

• the next generation Tomahawk cruise missile
• adds the capability to reprogram the missile
  while in-flight to strike any of 15
  pre-programmed alternate targets or redirect the
  missile to any Global Positioning System (GPS)
  target coordinates
• able to loiter over a target area, and with its
  on-board camera, will allow the warfighting
  commanders to assess target battle damage
• will become operational in mid 2004

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General Characteristics

• Primary Function long-range subsonic cruise
  missile for striking high value or heavily
  defended land targets.Contractor Raytheon
  Systems Company, Tucson, Ariz.Unit Cost
  approximately 569,000 (FY99 )Power Plant
  Block II/III TLAM-A, C D - Williams
  International F107 cruise turbo-fan engine
  ARC/CSD solid-fuel boosterBlock IV TLAM-E -
  Williams International F415 cruise turbo-jet
  engine ARC solid-fuel boosterLength 18 feet 3
  inches (5.56 meters) with booster 20 feet 6
  inches (6.25 meters)Weight 2,900 pounds
  (1,315.44 kg) 3,500 pounds (1,587.6 kg) with
  boosterDiameter 20.4 inches (51.81 cm)Wing
  Span 8 feet 9 inches (2.67 meters)

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Tomahawk Weapon System

• comprised of four major components
• Tomahawk Missile
• Theater Mission Planning Center (TMPC)/Afloat
  Planning System (APS)
• Tomahawk Weapon Control System (TWCS) for surface
  ships
• Combat Control System (CCS) for submarines

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Ships vs. Subs

• Ships and submarines have different weapon
  control systems (WCSs). A vertical launching
  system (VLS) accommodates missile stowage and
  launch on ships. On all attack submarines,
  missiles are launched from torpedo tubes (with
  stowage in the torpedo room) in addition, some
  attack submarines have VLS located forward,
  external to the pressure hull, which will handle
  both stowage and launch.

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Fire Control Systems

• The Fire Control Systems (FCS) on both ships and
  submarines perform communications management,
  database management, engagement planning, and
  launch control functions. These systems provide
  the interface between the missile and FCS for
  missile initialization and launch as well as
  environmental protection.

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The Future of Tomahawk

• Tomahawk Block IV Phase I The Navys premier
  strike weapon for the next generation is the
  Block IV Phase I Tomahawk. Current plans call for
  1,253 Block IV missiles to be produced by
  remanufacturing currently bunkered TASMs. OPNAV,
  in concert with fleet CINCs, developed an
  acquisition objective of 3,440 Block III and IV
  Tomahawk missiles through the completion of the
  Block IV program.
• Tomahawk Block IV Phase II Future deep-strike
  requirements are in review and focus on
  technological advancements and cost reduction.
  Follow-on Tomahawk Block developments and
  replacement systems also are being reviewed. An
  antiarmor variant with a real-time targeting
  system for moving targets, using either Brilliant
  Antiarmor Technology or Search and Destroy Armor
  submunitions, is a possibility. Both submunition
  options leverage off U.S. Army developmental
  programs, reducing program costs.

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