US Navy orders 214 Tomahawk cruise missiles worth $303 million
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The US Navy has put in a $303 million order for 214 Tomahawk cruise missiles and spares, a major contract that is likely to draw more fire over the force’s extravagant policies over the past years.
The contract for the long-range nuclear-capable Tomahawk Block IV missiles was granted to Raytheon, a major Pentagon contractor, UPI reported Thursday.
While the missiles will be chiefly used by the Navy, some of them would be sent to the UK as a foreign military sale.
The project is expected to finish by August 2018, according to the Pentagon, and the production work will be carried out in a variety of factories in Arizona, Michigan, Arkansas and other states.
Block IV is Tomahawk’s latest iteration and packs a two-way satellite data-link, which allows operators to repro...