Tomahawk

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Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

• Michael Beattie

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Overview

• Basically a small pilot less airplane
• Goal is to deliver a 1000 pound high explosive
  bomb to a precise location
• Can be launched from subs, destroyers and
  aircraft

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Dimensions

• 20 feet long
• 21 inches in diameter
• Include 550 pound solid rocket booster
• Weigh 3,200 pounds

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Dimensions

• Engine weighs 145 pounds
• Produces 600 pounds of thrust burning RJ4 fuel
• Cruising speed of 550 mph

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Dimensions
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Dimensions
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Guidance

• IGS Inertial Guidance System
• Tercom Terrain Contour Matching
• GPS Global positioning system
• DSMAC Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation

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Guidance

• IGS uses sensors and gyroscopes to measure
  acceleration and changes in direction
• Tercom uses onboard 3-D database of terrain
  missile will be flying over

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Guidance

• GPS uses militarys network of GPS satellites and
  an onboard receiver to detect missiles position
• DSMAC uses a camera and an image correlator to
  find the target

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Performance

• Desert Storm was the first combat test
• Low observability made possible direct strikes at
  the heart of the Iraqi air defense system at the
  very outset of the war