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An American-designed series of surface-to-surface cruise missiles primarily produced by Raytheon since 1997 and launched from surface ships and submarines.
RGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) series
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RGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) series
An American-designed series of surface-to-surface cruise missiles primarily produced by Raytheon since 1997 and launched from surface ships and submarines. With a maximum effective range of around 2,500 km depending on the variant, the Tomahawk can be fitted with a number of warhead types, including unitary high explosive (blast) and blast-fragmentation, as well as submunitions. Guidance is provided by GPS and inertial navigation alongside Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) functions. It has seen use in a variety of conflicts including the 1991 Gulf War, 2003 Iraq War, the Libyan and Syrian Civil Wars, and in recent strikes targeting the Houthis in Yemen.
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Rocket or Missile Nigeria RGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) series
Analyst Note:
This image shows a WDU-36 series warhead as used in the RGM-/UGM-109 Tomahawk series of cruise missiles. The warhead design suggests this is likely a WDU-36/B from an RGM-/UGM-109E missile. The RGM-/UGM-109E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (also known as TLAM Block IV) is an improved version of the BGM-109C TLAM-C. In cases where the missile strikes a building but does not function as intended, the dense, comparatively heavy warhead is often projected forwards of the point of impact. (ARES)