Army Selects SM-6, Tomahawk For Ground Launchers


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On November 6, the U.S. Army selected the Navy’s Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) and the BGM-109 Tomahawk for its Mid-Range Capability (MRC), part of the service’s ground-launched strike modernization effort. Following the selection, the Army awarded a $339.3 million contract to integrate both weapons for a ground-based launcher by late 2022. The supersonic SM-6 missile has an estimated range of roughly 450 km, with future variants expected to fly further. Current variants of the subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile possess a range of 1,600 km.

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Masao Dahlgren, "Army Selects SM-6, Tomahawk For Ground Launchers," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 9, 2020, last modified November 9, 2020, https://missilethreat.csis.org/army-selects-sm-6-tomahawk-for-ground-launchers/.