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| Keywords: USN Tactical Tomahawk launch.jpg Lanzamiento de un misil de crucero Tomahawk Táctico desde el USS Stethem Caption 030508-N-0000X-001 At sea aboard USS Stethem DDG 63 “ A Tactical Tomahawk Cruise Missile launches from the guided missile destroyer USS Stethem DDG 63 during a live-warhead test The missile traveled 760 nautical miles to successfully impact its intended target on San Clemente Island part of the Naval Air Systems Command NAVAIR test range in Southern California The Tactical Tomahawk is the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile and 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 U S Navy photo RELEASED http //www news navy mil/view_single asp id 7460 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Launches of BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles Aboard USS Stethem DDG-63 | ||||
