i wus wondering if any other country besides the US has the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile
Uh...
The Royal Navy, the Spanish Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy.
The Royal Navy, the Spanish Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy.
Yes a few.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109
United States Navy
In the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict, 288 Tomahawks were launched. The first salvo was fired by two attack submarines on January 17, 1991, USS Pittsburgh and Louisville. The Louisville Slugger company gave the crew of the latter special-edition baseball bats emblazoned with an image of the submarine conducting a Tomahawk launch. The honor was repeated during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[2]
[edit] Royal Navy
The United States agreed to sell more than 60 Tomahawks to the United Kingdom in 1995 for use with Royal Navy nuclear submarines. The first missiles were acquired and test-fired in 1998.
It is (as of 2005) in use with the Swiftsure class and Trafalgar class attack submarines. It is planned that all Royal Navy submarines will be Tomahawk capable by 2008, including the future Astute class attack submarine.
In 2004, the UK and US governments reached an agreement for the British to buy 64 of the new generation of Tomahawk missile - the Block IV or TacTom missile. The SYLVER vertical launch system to be fitted to the new Type 45 destroyer is claimed to have the capability to fire the Tomahawk by its manufacturers. Therefore it would appear that Tomahawk is a candidate to be fitted to the Type 45 if required. France, which also uses the SYLVER launcher, is developing a version of the Storm Shadow/Scalp cruise missile capable of launch from the SYLVER system, which would give a similar land attack capability.
The Kosovo War in 1999 saw HMS Splendid become the first British submarine to fire the Tomahawk in combat. It has been reported that seventeen of the twenty Tomahawks fired by the British during that conflict hit their targets accurately. The Royal Navy later used them in the 2001 Afghanistan War and Operation Telic, the British contribution to the 2003 Iraq War.
[edit] Royal Netherlands Navy
On October 14, 2005, the government of The Netherlands decided to buy thirty Tomahawks from Raytheon. The Netherlands would have been the third country to use the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile. However, on May 14, 2007 Minister of Defence Van Middelkoop announced that the Dutch government was dropping its intention of buying these Tomahawks, in favor of increased spending on personnel.
[edit] Spanish Navy
In July 2006, the United States Congress authorized Spain to buy Tomahawk missiles, the number of missile to be purchased will be between 60 and 100. The missiles will be used in the AEGIS Álvaro de Bazán Class Frigates and in the new S80 submarines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BGM-109
United States Navy
In the 1991 Persian Gulf conflict, 288 Tomahawks were launched. The first salvo was fired by two attack submarines on January 17, 1991, USS Pittsburgh and Louisville. The Louisville Slugger company gave the crew of the latter special-edition baseball bats emblazoned with an image of the submarine conducting a Tomahawk launch. The honor was repeated during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[2]
[edit] Royal Navy
The United States agreed to sell more than 60 Tomahawks to the United Kingdom in 1995 for use with Royal Navy nuclear submarines. The first missiles were acquired and test-fired in 1998.
It is (as of 2005) in use with the Swiftsure class and Trafalgar class attack submarines. It is planned that all Royal Navy submarines will be Tomahawk capable by 2008, including the future Astute class attack submarine.
In 2004, the UK and US governments reached an agreement for the British to buy 64 of the new generation of Tomahawk missile - the Block IV or TacTom missile. The SYLVER vertical launch system to be fitted to the new Type 45 destroyer is claimed to have the capability to fire the Tomahawk by its manufacturers. Therefore it would appear that Tomahawk is a candidate to be fitted to the Type 45 if required. France, which also uses the SYLVER launcher, is developing a version of the Storm Shadow/Scalp cruise missile capable of launch from the SYLVER system, which would give a similar land attack capability.
The Kosovo War in 1999 saw HMS Splendid become the first British submarine to fire the Tomahawk in combat. It has been reported that seventeen of the twenty Tomahawks fired by the British during that conflict hit their targets accurately. The Royal Navy later used them in the 2001 Afghanistan War and Operation Telic, the British contribution to the 2003 Iraq War.
[edit] Royal Netherlands Navy
On October 14, 2005, the government of The Netherlands decided to buy thirty Tomahawks from Raytheon. The Netherlands would have been the third country to use the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile. However, on May 14, 2007 Minister of Defence Van Middelkoop announced that the Dutch government was dropping its intention of buying these Tomahawks, in favor of increased spending on personnel.
[edit] Spanish Navy
In July 2006, the United States Congress authorized Spain to buy Tomahawk missiles, the number of missile to be purchased will be between 60 and 100. The missiles will be used in the AEGIS Álvaro de Bazán Class Frigates and in the new S80 submarines.
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Here's the specs if anyone is interested in trying to build their own.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm
Be prepared to spend at least $500K a pop though.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/smart/bgm-109.htm
Be prepared to spend at least $500K a pop though.
Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2007-07-06 13:38:21)
I've got a couple in my garden.....keeps the neighbours quiet.
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I was expecting a thread about a disease, most likely aids.
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