Tomahawk

[stormlion1]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

The other thing to consider is shelf life. It's certainly possible they used these missiles because they had been stockpiled for some time and this was at least a useful method of disposal.

Use them or scrap them, right?

[swaghauler]

Doubt the shelf life issue. We shoot those things like they are .22s. There hasn't been a theater since the '91 Gulf War where we haven't launched at least a hundred Tomahawks.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Cheaper even than an F15-E.

I can't recall when it was but I saw something on Military Channel in the mid 00s about (Navy/USMC) EOD guys and they followed one team that was in-theater and among the various bits and pieces they were blowing up that day were Tomahawk bodies (w/o warheads). I mean...just, "Nope, throw 'em out."

[pmulcahy11b]

Damn, the kids today have all the best toys...(reaching for my walker)...