Tomahawk Block IV

The Tomahawk Block IV missile -- also designated Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) -- is the Navy's next-generation tactical cruise missile.

The Block IV (TBIP) was launched to maintain the Tomahawk production line and improve the missile's performance capabilities. Among the specific Tomahawk upgrades considered were the incorporation of a better warhead that allowed the Tomahawk to strike hardened underground targets such as command and control bunkers and aircraft revetments, a new...