Can a tomahawk sink a ship?

The U.S. surface fleet has long led in its ability to provide air defenses over wide areas and launch devastating strikes against targets on land with the existing Tomahawk missile variants, but lags against potential adversaries in being able to sink other ships at long ranges.

Can a Tomahawk missile hit a ship?

All Block IV Tomahawks will be converted to Block V standard, while the remaining Block III missiles will be retired and demilitarized. Tomahawk Block V have longer range and dynamic targeting with the capability to hit vessels at sea (maritime strike role).

Can Tomahawk target ships?

WASHINGTON — Raytheon plans to deliver next week the first of the U.S. Navy’s new Block V Tomahawk, an upgraded version of the service’s venerable land-attack missile that will ultimately include the ability to target ships at sea at extended ranges.

Can a Tomahawk missile sink an aircraft carrier?

The missile can maneuver in its terminal phase, targeting a moving carrier on a high-velocity final approach. The kinetic energy alone of the weapon could inflict devastating damage on a flight deck, putting a carrier out of action if not sinking it entirely.

How much damage can a Tomahawk missile do?

Today’s Tomahawks either carry a 1,000-pound conventional warhead or a package of 166 cluster bombs. The standard range is 1,000 miles. The 1,000-pound bomb is powerful enough to destroy a house or blast a crater roughly 20 feet wide, as shown in this Raytheon video.

How many Tomahawks can a destroyer carry?

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

Can missile destroy carrier?

An anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is a military ballistic missile system designed to hit a warship at sea. Due to the often hypersonic flight speed of ballistic missiles, the ASBM’s kinetic energy alone may be sufficient to cripple or outright destroy a supercarrier with a single conventional warhead impact.