The us navy in January this year, carried out in cooperation with the zbrojovka Raytheon two tests of the enhanced version of cruise missiles Tomahawk Block IV able to change course during flight and hit the sailing ship.
When the first test was the Tomahawk Block IV is launched from the torpedo boats USS Kidd (DDG 100), during the flight, but the scout plane F/A-18E Super Hornet sent in real time information about the objectives of the management centre of the JNEW-MMC. It then sent the data tomahawk, which changed course and hit a moving ship. The second test checked the ability of tomahawk to provide fire support vyloďující with the marine corps, which is already flying shot commissioned by the current GPS coordinates of the destination.
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When the first test was the Tomahawk Block IV is launched from the torpedo boats USS Kidd (DDG 100), during the flight, but the scout plane F/A-18E Super Hornet sent in real time information about the objectives of the management centre of the JNEW-MMC. It then sent the data tomahawk, which changed course and hit a moving ship. The second test checked the ability of tomahawk to provide fire support vyloďující with the marine corps, which is already flying shot commissioned by the current GPS coordinates of the destination.
www.novinky.cz
raytheon.mediaroom.com.