Tomahawk Block III Test Successful
A U.S. Navy Tomahawk Block III cruise missile was Torpedo tube launched today from the USS Connecticut (SSN-22), while underway in the Atlantic Ocean.
Seconds after launch from the USS Connecticut, the test-configured Tomahawk transitioned to cruise flight and made landfall on IR-033. The missile successfully flew approximately 602 nautical miles, transitioning the state of Florida. It then entered the Gulf of Mexico, and made a button hook into the Eglin AFB test range, where it performed a simulated Programmed Warhead Detonation (PWD) delivery on a target on the test range, followed by an automatic parachute recovery. This mission exercised GPS only navigation updates.
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