The U.S. Tomahawk cruise missile is capable of hitting targets more than a thousand miles away and maintaining accuracy to within a few feet.
In response to the expanding military power of the Chinese Communist Party, the “Block V” version of the Tomahawk cruise missile, one of the U.S. military’s “aces in the hole,” includes an anti-ship cruise capability that works with The “Block V” is an anti-ship cruise missile that can be used in conjunction with a maritime tracking system to pursue ships located up to 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) away. The Type V Tomahawk cruise missile will play a key role in the Pentagon’s efforts to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from gaining military dominance in the Indo-Pacific region. (By Derek Fong)
Tomahawk V, which continues to be manufactured by arms dealer Raytheon at an estimated cost of $1 million each, is capable of flying at subsonic speeds of 550 miles per hour (890 kilometers per hour) and hitting warships traveling at 20 to 30 knots, or between 37 and 55 kilometers per hour, the British newspaper The Times reported. With upgrades to its electronics and navigation components and enhanced capabilities to avoid enemy anti-missile radar jamming, it has a longer range than its predecessors, up to 1,500 miles (2,400 km).
“The longer range of Tomahawk V is critical at this Time, as the Chinese Communist Party is deploying a large number of long-range land-based ballistic missiles, including the carrier-killer Dongfeng-21D missile, which has a range of more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers). In the foreseeable future, the U.S. Navy will focus on deployment in the Indo-Pacific region, and the Tomahawk V will be able to deter the enemy and maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait. Last week, the U.S. and Japanese defense ministers discussed their response strategies in the event of a military conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
In addition, the Chinese Communist Party has become increasingly active in the South China Sea in recent years, and the chances of friction with neighboring countries have increased greatly. The Philippines recently asked the Chinese government to remove more than 220 fishing boats from Whitsun Reef, which China also claims as its sovereign territory.
Originally designed in the 1970s, Tomahawk cruise missiles have been used more than 2,300 times in combat, most recently in 2018 when former President Trump ordered 66 Tomahawk cruise missiles to be fired at Syria as punishment for a chemical weapons attack on civilians. In addition, the U.S. military has demonstrated its superior military prowess with the Tomahawk cruise missile, as it is capable of hitting targets more than 1,000 miles away and maintaining accuracy within a few feet. Although the Tomahawk cruise missile has been in service for more than 30 years, the U.S. military has only shared its use with the United Kingdom.
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