U.S Navy Plans To Equip Submarines With Anti-ship Tomahawk Missiles In 2024 To Counter China

U.S Navy Plans to equip submarines with anti-ship Tomahawk missiles in 2024 to counter China

The US Navy intends to equip submarines with ship-targeting variants of the widely deployed Tomahawk missile starting next year as part of Washington’s push to beef up its military capacity to threaten Chinese maritime troops, notably around Taiwan.

According to program manager Capt, the “Maritime Strike” version of Tomahawk, RTX Corporation missile that has typically been deployed as a ground-attack weapon, will be fielded post-October 1, 2024. Jon Hersey. He added that the most recent models...

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