Better use of this of this $1M missle.....
Use it to kill a $500M plus warship and take out forward agressor projection than destoying a small factory (unless of course it produces baby formula) that is worth a couple of million.
Given the Tomahawk’s relatively slow speed, would it not be vulnerable to CIWsystems on the sea where it’s ability to fly the nape of the geography is lost?
This is interesting because back in the days there was an anti-ship variant known as TASM. It was removed from the fleet in the mid-90s. It was *not* the same missile as the land-attack version. I can’t speak for the new one, but the old versions were not interchangeable; they were either anti-ship or land-attack variants.
A Tomahawk doesn’t cost a million dollars, has a greater range and is faster than a Predator. Each Predator requires a trained operator; a few people can launch dozens of Tomahawks. Tomahawks are launched from a ship’s Vertical Launching System or from a submarine, which you can’t do with a Predator. It’s radar cross-section is pretty small, and it would most likely be a sea-skimmer, so while anti-missile systems would be a threat, probably not much of one.