Keywords: US Navy 021110-N-0000X-002 A Tactical.jpg en China Lake Calif Nov 10 2002 -- A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile conducts a controlled flight 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 U S Navy photo RELEASED 2002-11-10 021110-N-0000X-002 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3348 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake BGM-109 Tomahawk |