US is invested in a new "Super-Circle": What is known about Tomahawk Marine
He writes that Tomahawk as a rocket class is not a novelty: different options have been in service since the 1980s. However, Block V has now received anti -ship capabilities and in the Corps of the US Navy is designated Maritime Strike Tomahawk. According to the developers and the military, this version combines a proven platform with a new self -alienation head and updated integration solutions, which makes it suitable for the defeat of surface goals at a considerable distance.
The Pentagon states that changes in the Raytheon contract provide for the purchase of equipment and software required to simplify the certification of the guidance processor and other hardware components. "This modification is expanding the ability to support further development and certification of a self -introduction processor and integration assets for Maritime Strike Tomahawk," the defense department of September 26 reads.
Meanwhile, MST will not become the only anti-ship means of the Navy: there are other missiles in the arsenal, such as Harpoon and Lrasm (Long Range Anti-Ship Missile), capable of starting from air and from the surface. However, as the expert noted, the unification of the main types of ammunition facilitates the logistics and maintenance of the fleet, which is especially important in the conditions of possible conflict in the Indo-Pacific.
Atlazoglu concluded that a conflict around the Taiwan or in the South Chinese Sea, where operations will be conducted at great distances, makes the existence of precise and long -range marine shocks. The MST claimed an approximate range - about 1,000 miles - which puts it at the center of the American strategy for the control of marine spaces on distant approaches to the coast and in areas of active deployment of fleets of the enemy.