Tomahawk with F-14

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U.S. Navy, Author unknown or not specified

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China Lake, Calif. (Nov. 10, 2002) -- A Tactical "Tomahawk" Block IV cruise missile is escorted by a Navy F-14D Tomcat fighter during a controlled test over the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) western test range complex in southern California. During the second such test flight, the missile successfully completed a vertical underwater launch, flew a fully guided 780-mile course, and impacted a designated target structure as planned. The Tactical "Tomahawk", the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile adds the capability to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning System (GPS) target coordinates. It also will be able to loiter over a target area for some hours, and with its on-board TV camera, will allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target, and, if necessary redirect the missile to any other target. Launched from the Navy's forward-deployed ships and submarines, Tactical Tomahawk will provide a greater flexibility to the on-scene commander. Tactical Tomahawk is scheduled to join the fleet in 2004.

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Dieses Bild ist das Werk eines Seemanns oder Angestellten der U.S. Navy, das im Verlauf seiner offiziellen Arbeit erstellt wurde. Als ein Werk der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten ist diese Datei gemeinfrei.

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Public domain

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U.S. Navy NewsStand photo ID 021110-N-0000X-001
U.S. Navy NewsStand

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