For all its benefits, the Tomahawk doesn’t come cheap, with a nearly $1 million price tag for every missile. That means the U.S. spent about $59 million targeting the Syrian base last night alone.

A Tomahawk missile can be precisely guided to hit targets 1,000 miles away, available in two versions: the Block IV and Block V. The former uses a data link system that allows targets to be ...

Tomahawk missiles are around 5.6 metres (18.4 feet) long without boosters and weigh up to 1,600 kg. They cruise at subsonic speeds of 880 kmph and fly as low as 30-50 metres to avoid radar detection.

March 20 -- Just as in Operation Desert Storm 12 years ago, U.S.-led forces launched Operation Iraqi Freedom with an opening salvo of precision-guided munitions, including 42 Tomahawk cruise ...

A US Navy guided-missile submarine was involved in recent strikes on Iran's nuclear program. Ohio-class cruise-missile subs host massive firepower and are difficult to detect. But they're going to ...

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will manufacture 111 more Tomahawk missile systems in Block V configuration for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Army under a $171.2 million contract modification.

The Tomahawk lends itself to flexibility, and so the choice to use an Ohio submarine to launch this type of missile in Operation Midnight Hammer was not a foregone conclusion.