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Dec 20, 2020 06:56 AM EST
(Photo : United States of America Ensign Sean Ianno/wikipedia) The USS Chafee (DDG-90) launches a Block V Tomahawk during the start of operational testing in 2020
Another venerable upgraded Tomahawk Block V will be in the navy s arsenal of missiles facing the Chinese threat. It will be a subsonic guided projectile which is more cost-effective than plane super-fast missiles.
In an age of super-fast missiles, using slower missiles is somewhat odd but has its merits.
Recently, the U.S. Navy Test fired the upgraded Tomahawk with the destroyer Chafee via its vertical launch tubes (VLS). This latest model of the sub-sonic missile is soon to be added to the U.S. arsenal of weapons for all kinds of threats, reported Defense News.