Submarine-launched Tomahawk IV flight test a success

The U.S. Navy conducted a successful first test of a submarine torpedo tube-launched Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile on its missile range off the coast of southern California March 26.

Launched from the Los Angeles-Class attack submarine, USS Pasadena (SSN-752), underway in the Naval Air Systems Command Pacific Ocean Sea Range at Pt. Mugu, the missile transitioned to cruise flight and flew a satellite-guided 635-nautical mile test flight to the NAVAIR Land Range at the NAVAIR Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif.

Featuring a successful re-direction of the missile in flight to an alternate flight route and an alternate target using satellite communications, the one-hour, 26-minute flight concluded with a commanded 60 degree dive to the new aim point on the target.

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