BGM-109 Tomahawk
«TLAM Block IV / Block V»
CruiseLand attackUnited States1983In service
Backbone of US precision strike for 40+ years, with over 2,300 documented operational launches.
Cruise//Land attack
ID — BGM-109-TOMAHAWKUnited States · Raytheon (RTX)
BGM-109 Tomahawk
TLAM Block IV / Block V
Backbone of US precision strike for 40+ years, with over 2,300 documented operational launches.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
- Sources pending review
Identity
- Designation
- BGM-109 Tomahawk
- Alias
- TLAM Block IV / Block V
- Manufacturer
- Raytheon (RTX)
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1983
- Category
- Cruise
- All sub-types
- Land attack
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 1600 km
- Top speed
- 880 km/h (Mach 0.74)
- Guidance
- INS + GPS + TERCOM + DSMAC + radar seeker (Block Va MST)
- Warhead
- WDU-36 HE 454 kg o JMEWS penetrante
- CEP
- 5 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- VLS Mk 41 / Mk 70 Typhon / sottomarino / Typhon terrestre
- Length
- 6.25 m
- Launch weight
- 1600 kg
- Unit cost
- 1.9 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈70-90/anno (richiesta budget FY2025: 124 missili)
- Estimated inventory
- ≈4.000 in stock (US Navy/USMC, stima 2024)
- Unit cost
- 1.9 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Gulf War 1991 — 288 launches.
- ▸Kosovo 1999, Afghanistan 2001, Iraq 2003 (800+), Libya 2011 (124).
- ▸Syria 2017-2018 — strikes on chemical sites (105 launches coordinated with FR/UK in 2018).
- ▸Yemen 2024 — over 80 launches against Houthi sites.
Tags
Dual-useAnti-ship
Main operators
United StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaJapanPaesi Bassi
History
Operational since 1983 on Los Angeles-class submarines and later on Mk 41 VLS surface combatants; Block IV (TacTom, 2004) introduced two-way datalink and in-flight retargeting.
Block V (2021) modernised guidance and comms; Block Va (MST) restored anti-ship capability, Block Vb gains JMEWS against hardened bunkers.
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