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| Keywords: Tomahawk with F-14.jpg China Lake Calif Nov 10 2002 -- A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile is escorted by a Navy F-14D Tomcat fighter during a controlled test over the Naval Air Systems Command NAVAIR western test range complex in southern California During the second such test flight the missile successfully completed a vertical underwater launch flew a fully guided 780-mile course and impacted a designated target structure as planned The Tactical Tomahawk the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile adds the capability to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning System GPS target coordinates It also will be able to loiter over a target area for some hours and with its on-board TV camera will allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target and if necessary redirect the missile to any other target Launched from the Navy's forward-deployed ships and submarines Tactical Tomahawk will provide a greater flexibility to the on-scene commander Tactical Tomahawk is scheduled to join the fleet in 2004 http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 3347 U S Navy NewsStand photo ID 021110-N-0000X-001<br />http //www news navy mil/ U S Navy NewsStand 2002-11-10 U S Navy Author unknown or not specified PD-USGov-Military-Navy BGM-109 Tomahawk F-14D Tomcat in flight Aerial photographs of F-14 Tomcat in flight Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 30 United States Navy | ||||
