The Tomahawk Cruise Missile: Subsonic Lengthy-Range, All-Weather Weapon
A brief-variety ballistic missile, unlike its lengthy-range cousin, is comparatively simple to make and is practical for any variety of warhead, like standard explosives. Though SLCMs lack the sustainable price of fire, and achievable weight of fire of air launched cruise missiles, they do present a complicated equation for a defender. When interdiction of a submarine or interception of a strike aircraft fails, and cruise missiles are launched, the default approach is then to engage and destroy these just before they reach their targets. Interdicting cruise missile armed submarines, or intercepting cruise missile carrying aircraft, also present fascinating challenges. On...