Top Navy Officials Suggest Tomahawk Is Outdated, Look To New Missile

By Lara Seligman / March 31, 2014 at 2:24 PM
Top Navy officials suggested last week that the Tactical Tomahawk cruise missile has reached the end of its shelf life, and efforts are underway to develop a replacement weapon with more sophisticated capabilities. "These missiles have a shelf life . . . how much further can this missile grow?" Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert told Inside the Navy after a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 27. "I mean, it's been around since I was a...

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