Astute completes Tomahawk firings

摘要

The UK Royal Navy's (RN's) first Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) has successfully performed first-of-class Tomahawk cruise missile firings off the US coast. HMS Astute launched two Tomahawk missiles at periscope depth in the Gulf of Mexico on 8 November to demonstrate end-to-end capability with both the Block III and Block IV Tomahawk variants. The first shot - British Flight Test 9 (BFT-9) - saw the launch of a Block IV missile; BFT-10 followed with the launch of a Block III missile.