The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships.
The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It’s the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy assigns to a missile.
The Navy dubbed the newest version of the venerable Tomahawk cruise missile the “Block V” model, Jane’s reported. There are two separate variants of the Block V missile, one with an anti-ship warhead and another with a warhead the Navy optimized for striking targets on land.
