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To: Chode
torpedo tube??? Tomahawks area a VLS system...

Tomahawk (missile):

For submarine-launched missiles (called UGM-109s), after being ejected by gas pressure (vertically via the VLS) or by water impulse (horizontally via the torpedo tube), the missile exits the water and a solid-fuel booster is ignited for the first few seconds of airborne flight until transition to cruise.

6 posted on 12/07/2013 3:26:38 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo
ah... my bad
7 posted on 12/07/2013 3:45:50 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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