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Navy Completes 1st Test of New Warhead for Tomahawk Block IV Missile

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Monday, November 8th, 2010

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The Navy completed recently the first live test of the Joint Multi-Effects Warhead System (JMEWS), meeting all performance objectives for the new warhead for the Tomahawk Block IV tactical cruise missile. The JMEWS program is designed to deliver a warhead that will give the Tactical Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile all of the same blast-fragmentation capabilities that make it a formidable weapon today and to introduce enhanced penetration capabilities into a single warhead. "This static test of the JMEWS program brings this…

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