Future Navy Tomahawk and gunnery
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Sat, 01 Nov 1997 13:34:47 -0500
>From: Brooks A Rowlett
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>Subject: Future Navy Tomahawk and gunnery
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>On two of the Harpoon naval wargame mailing lists there is discussion
>of future weapons, etc. I provide some information on Land Attack
>Standard out of the 9/97 JANE’S NAVY INTERNATIONAL in an article on the
>future of USN Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and was requested for
>more info on future Tomahawk. Here’s the message I sent based on the
>article, it occurs to me that Tom Robison and Mike Potter might be able
>to add some insights,so ths is going to Mahan list inviting their
>comments. Thanks.
>
>Brooks A Rowlett
>brooksar@indy.net
>
>Paul Candy asked what the JANE’S NAVY INTERNATIONAL article on improving
>fire supprot said about “Tactical Tomahawk”.
>
>”Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program (TBIP) Single Tomahawk Block IV
>…expected to have multi-mode use for land or sea targets. GPS
>midcourse and terminal imaging infrared (IIR) or millimeter wave (MMW)
>radar. Current inventories of Block II & III would be upgraded to Block
>IV standards. Reprotedly problems have delayed development and force
>elimination of a hard-target penetrating warhead…Navy also.. pushing
>for a quick reaction mission capability for Block III and in-flight
>retargeting for Block IV to improve responsiveness.
>Other initatives include:
>
>*Tomahawk Mobile Attack Capability (TOMTAC) piggybacks on Block IV to
>allow attacking mobile targets (presumably using the in-flight
>retargeting ability – BR)
>*”Tomahawk Stops the Advancing Regiment” (TSTARS), incorporating Army
>smart submunitions to give Tomahawk an ability to attack multiple
>armored vehicles
>*Low cost TLAM (“Cheaphawk”) reducing unit costs by 65 percent but still
>insert new technologies, composites & engine for deployment in 2001
>
>Article also talks about NTACMS (Navy ATACMS) and plans to go to a 5″/62
>gun beginning with DDG-81.
>
>Future gun fire control (etc) may also use developments of AFATDS
>(Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Direction System).
>
>-Brooks A Rowlett
>brooksar@indy.net