Let’s scale up a bit and learn about the GM-109 Tomahawk missile:
| Production history | |
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| Manufacturer | General Dynamics (initially) Raytheon/McDonnell Douglas |
| Unit cost | US$1.59m(FY2014)[1] (Block IV) |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 2,900 lb (1,300 kg), 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) with booster |
| Length | Without booster: 18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
With booster: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Diameter | 20.4 in (0.52 m) |
| Warhead | Nuclear: W80 warhead (retired)[2] Conventional: 1,000 pounds (450 kg) High explosive or Submunitions dispenser with BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb or PBXN |
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Detonation
mechanism |
FMU-148 since TLAM Block III, others for special applications |
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| Engine | Williams International F107-WR-402turbofan using TH-dimer fuel and a solid-fuel rocket booster |
| Wingspan | 8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) |
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Operational
range |
Block II TLAM-A – 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 III TLAM-D – 700 nmi (810 mi; 1,300 km) |
| Speed | Subsonic; about 550 mph (890 km/h) |
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Guidance
system |
GPS, INS, TERCOM, DSMAC, active radar homing (RGM/UGM-109B) |
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Launch
platform |
Vertical Launch System (VLS) and horizontal submarine torpedo tubes (known as TTL (torpedo tube launch)) |
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