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USS Anzio conducts Tomahawk test launch

Navy photograph

A Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile is
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missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) during
a missile exercise June 25 off the coast
of Florida. The test proved that the cruise
missile can operate with an improved, more
flexible mission planning capability. The
Tomahawk is a highly accurate, GPS enabled
precision weapon that has been used over
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than 500 times. The latest variant (Tomahawk
Block IV) includes a two-way satellite data-
link that enables the missile to be retargeted
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In 2013, Raytheon delivered the 3,000th
Tomahawk Block IV missile to the U.S. Navy.
The Block IV design was initiated as both a
cost savings and a capability improvement
effort. Raytheon and the U.S. Navy are
now enhancing this already sophisticated
weapon. Planned upgrades to the Tomahawk
Block IV include: upgraded communications,
a more powerful warhead, and a new seeker
designed to hit moving targets at sea or on
land in darkness and all kinds of weather.

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Aerotech News and Review July 3, 2015

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