US Army test-fires Tomahawk cruise missile from Typhon Weapon System land-based launcher

The US Army last year received its first battery of Tomahawk surface-to-air missile launchers. The weapon is called the Typhon Weapon System or simply Typhoon. The service recently conducted tests.

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The US Army last week successfully launched a Tomahawk cruise missile from a ground-based launcher. The service wants to achieve "some level of real combat capability" by the end of fiscal year (FY) 2023, which ends on 30 September.

The Typhon Weapon System battery consists of four launchers and a command post. All of these are mounted on wheeled chassis. The launchers are based on the Mk 41 vertical launcher system.

Typhon was developed by Lockheed Martin as part of the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) program. The system can launch not only the Tomahawk cruise missile, but also the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6). At that, we are talking about the Block IB version, which will be able to reach hypersonic speeds. Each launcher is capable of striking with four missiles.

The US Army will receive four Typhon systems as part of the MRC project. They will fill a niche between ATACMS / PrSM tactical ballistic missiles with a range of 300 / 500 km and hypersonic weapons.

Source: DVIDS