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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

US 7th Fleet controls Tomahawk launch from 5,000 miles away

Tactical ''Tomahawk'' Block IV cruise missileLos Angeles-class attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) in conjunction with Commander, US 7th Fleet and members of Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 3 successfully fired a Block IV-E Tomahawk Land Attack Missile on May 5.

The missile launch took place off the southern coast of California into China Lake Test Range, as reported in a US Navy news release.

According to the report, it is for the first time that a forward-deployed operational command acted as the Tomahawk strike coordinator and primary missile controller for an operational test launch.

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