{"id":3406,"date":"2026-02-02T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:35:28","slug":"tomahawk-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tomahawk-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomahawk Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tomahawk Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States unleashed an array of weaponry against Iranian targets recently, including Tomahawk cruise missiles, stealth fighters, and for the first time in combat, low-cost one-way attack drones modeled after Iranian designs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tomahawk Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>American-made long-range subsonic <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cruise-missile-vs-ballistic-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">cruise missile<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> used for <\/span><b>deep land attack warfare.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> launched from ships or submarines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through a Vertical Launch System.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tomahawk was <\/span><b>first conceptualised in the early 1970s as a Cold War-era weapon.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developed by General Dynamics and later Raytheon, it <\/span><b>entered service in 1983.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomahawks were first deployed in combat during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Tomahawk Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It measures 18.3 feet in length and weighs about 3,200 pounds (4,400 with booster).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can carry a 1,000-pound <\/span><b>conventional warhead or cluster munitions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is powered by a s<\/span><b>olid propellant during its launch phase.<\/b> <b>Thereafter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is powered by a <\/span><b>turbofan engine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>does not emit much heat,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which makes <\/span><b>infrared detection difficult.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>cruise at subsonic speeds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of 880 kmph and <\/span><b>fly as low<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as 30-50 metres to avoid radar detection.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomahawks are <\/span><b>guided by advanced GPS, inertial navigation, and terrain contour mapping.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This makes them highly accurate-with a margin of error of just 10 meters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are built to follow a non-linear path, reducing the chance of interception.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>range <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of up to approximately <\/span><b>2,400 km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each Tomahawk missile reportedly <\/span><b>costs around $2 million.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/us-deploys-suicide-drones-tomahawk-missiles-iran-strikes-2026-03-01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">REUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomahawk Missile is an American-made long-range subsonic cruise missile used for deep land attack warfare. 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