July 14, 2020
Forget the Tomahawk: Could This New Missile Be the Navy's Deadliest Weapon?
The SM-6 is a true Frankenstein's monster.
by David Axe
Key Point: Only the SM-6 is capable of striking targets at sea, in the air and at the edge of the atmosphere.
The U.S. Navy in late January 2019 confirmed the designation of its newest cruise missile, in the process clarifying its long-term plan for arming its growing fleet of warships.
The plan heavily leans on one missile, in particular. It's the SM-6, an anti-aircraft weapon that quickly is evolving to perform almost every role the Navy assigns to a missile.
The Navy dubbed the newest version of the venerable Tomahawk cruise missile the "Block V" model, Jane's reported. There are two separate variants of the Block V missile, one with an anti-ship warhead and another with a warhead the Navy optimized for striking targets on land.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/forget-tomahawk-could-new-missile-be-navys-deadliest-weapon-164774
