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...cruise missile that is capable, in Brown's words, of splitting the center line of a runway 800 miles from its launch site. Brown flew out to New Mexico's Tularosa Basin for a highly publicized demonstration of the U.S. Navy's sleek Tomahawk cruise missile. As big jack rabbits nibbled unconcernedly at the sagebrush in the blazing morning sun, a camouflage-painted, torpedo-shaped object whistled barely 100 ft. above the White Sands Missile Range at 500 m.p.h., headed dead on target. Brown listened to the whine of its turbofan for a few seconds, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Soft Words-and a Big Stick | 7/3/1978 | See Source »

...Look at the Indians, I want a tomahawk," shouts a young boy, dragging his camerabedecked father to the series of Indian-owned concession stands that line the entrance to the cliffs...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Whose Vineyard? | 9/19/1977 | See Source »

...Navy's submarine-launched version of the cruise, the Tomahawk, is 21 ft. long, can carry 200-kiloton nukes at speeds up to 550 m.p.h. and has a range of 2,000 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: B-1 v. B-52: the Strategic Factors | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

...each). Different versions have been successfully test-fired from submerged submarines, surface ships and B-52 bombers. Most earlier versions of the cruise-such as the Mace, the Snark and Regulus I-were primarily tactical weapons. Technological advances in recent years have given their successors, the Navy's Tomahawk and the Air Force's ALCM, a powerful, strategic wallop. Guided by miniaturized computers and powered by tiny jet engines, these low-flying cruises have ranges of more than 1,500 miles and can deliver 200-kiloton nuclear warheads (equivalent to about ten Hiroshima bombs) to within 100 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Little Drone That Could | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...Mueller Tomahawk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Aug. 4, 1975 | 8/4/1975 | See Source »

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