World naval developments Feb 2015

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USS Kidd
USS Kidd
By Norman Friedman

The Tomahawk IV about to hit the target container on the ship (USNI News)
The Tomahawk IV about to hit the target container on the ship (USNI News)
The missile about to impact (USNI News)
The missile about to impact (USNI News)
A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile being escorted by a US Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter during a controlled test over southern California. (US Navy photo)
A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile being escorted by a US Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter during a controlled test over southern California. (US Navy photo)
IN FEBRUARY, the destroyer USS Kidd fired a Tomahawk cruise missile, which hit a moving container ship. That might not seem terribly significant, except that the missile had no seeker, and the ship was being tracked by an F/A-18 which had no direct link to the missile.
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