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Old 20th Aug 2019, 09:20
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Originally Posted by A_Van
Just in a few days after the USA are formally and officially out of the treaty (which they were "strictly following") they managaed to design, manufacture and test a new missile. What an impressive speed of work :-)
Its a tomahawk cruise missile which is currently in the US naval inventory, fired from a VLS which is currently also serving in the navy. Its a no brainer about simple this is was. Probably a test fire to check all the sensor and systems for future upgrades
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