Talk:Tomahawk missile

Launch Weight

what is the total launch weight? does the missile mass figure include the warhead as it seems to make a big difference

Question

Can someone get an answerfor me? What is the future of BGM-109 Tomahawk? Is there any improvements that can be made on it?

Spain

I think Spain has acquired a number of tomahawk recently so I think the Spanish Navy should be mentioned as operator (as July 21st 2005, see http://www.elpais.es for the news)

At the present (Dec 2006) Spain (as the Netherlands) is in the process of adquisition, but don´t have them onboard any warship (or at least don't have notice). More links: Defensa article, Terra article. Please anyone update the article if the criteria is that authorized countries are listed, or whenever the Tomahawks are delivered and loaded.

Acquiring the missiles is one thing. For the surface ships, the launching system will be the VLS Mk 41 system. For Foreign sales, these systems are restricted down to capable of launching supporting only the missile type the navy has at that time. Therefore the Mk41 system will need some modification to support the missile in addition to the Tomahawk Weapon Control System being added to the ships. To my knowledge that is not yet done. Suspect eventually the newer German ships will acquire and add this capability.

Font infobox ”Warhead”, ”Operational range” messed up?

Sections look too big (mobile) ~2026-25511-07 (talk) 12:03, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

I can reproduce the error but I'm not sure what's causing it. The two sections have text separated by br tags. It's the text after the first, but not the second, that is rendered in too large a size. —C.Fred (talk) 12:09, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Check ”Kalibr” (Russian missile), same there actually. Guessing template isn’t made for br? Maybe wrap in p instead, or hr? ~2026-25511-07 (talk) 14:43, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Confusing timeline, development and operational history

The lede says "...the Tomahawk emerged in the 1970s as a modular cruise missile...Early tests of the missile took place between 1983 and 1993..." But elsewhere it says that it entered service in 1983. Adding to the confusion the lede later states "General Dynamics served as the sole supplier in the 1970s." The Development history section seems to skip over the initial development altogether, it also doesn't address the original (presumably Block I?) Tomahawk. The subheading Tomahawk just has some confusing unreffed info about "network-centric warfare capabilities". Mztourist (talk) 07:46, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

It clearly entered service prior to 1993, since the Soviet copy is noted as entering service in 1987 or so. Intothatdarkness 13:33, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Yes, well before the fall of the USSR. The BGM-109G Gryphon page says it achieved IOC in 1983. Mztourist (talk) 06:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)