FACT FILE: RL-70 Tomahawk
The ultimate in fire-and-forget technology, the RL-70 can be
pre-programmed with a picture (optical or sensor or both) of the target
and a map with landmarks. Then it can be fired anywhere within 100,000
kilometers of the target, and it is off on it's own to find and destroy
the target. When it arrives, if it does not recognize the target or the
target is already destroyed or removed, it can search for up to six alternate
targets. The MSD version can even be programmed to distribute it's submunitions
in batches over all seven potential targets. It's drawback, of course,
is that it requires high-caliber intelligence on the target. The RL-70
has a ground-based counterpart known as the SL-70.
Primary Function: ALCM (Air Launched Cruise Missile)
Secondary Function: SLCM (Ship Launched Cruise Missile)
Guidance: Digital Scene Matching Terrain Guidance, Inertial Navigation System
Propulsion: Microfusion Impulse Engine
Warhead: HE (High Explosive), AD (Area Denial), MSD (Multiple Submunition Dispenser)
Missile Nomenclature
The first letter indicates whether the missile is rail-launched
(R) or surface launched (S). The next indicates the missile's general range
category: S for short, M for medium, and L for long. The number is a designator
assigned by STARFLEET Materiel Control Command. Variants of a certain missile
(i.e. warhead or sensor combinations) may add an additional two or three
letters. For example: RL-70MSD indicates a rail-launched, long-range missile
with multiple submunition dispenser.
Some material on this page ruthlessly plagerized from the SFMC's Aerospace Branch Manual by Matt Kelley and available from SFMC Academy.
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