With its 95% share of the world's gallium arsenide semiconductor market, its chips steer Tomahawk missiles.
Rare nowadays is the vicious-looking tiger, or the fierce, non-politically-correct "Indian" wielding a tomahawk.
The U.K. defense ministry said in a statement that a Trafalgar-class submarine had also launched Tomahawk missiles.
The U.S. Navy also has warships equipped with Tomahawk missiles, which could be used to hit chemical weapons supplies.
Republican aides were recorded making "tomahawk chops" and war whoops at a campaign event, according to the Democratic Party.
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Subsequently, a U.K. Trafalgar Class submarine fired Tomahawk Land Attack missiles at air-defense targets in Libya, Britain's Defense Ministry said.
The Arleigh Burke-class vessels are equipped with launch tubes for Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles and gun placements for close combat.
More than 40 satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from U.S. warships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, military officials said.
The vast majority of the cruiser fleet carries stockpiles of Tomahawk cruise missiles, one of the cornerstones of any US air attack.
It can carry more weapons - both spearfish torpedoes and Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles - than the earlier Trafalgar Class submarine.
Both the USS Laboon and USS McFaul are equipped with satellite-guided Tomahawk cruise missiles that can be programmed to hit specific targets.
This air armada conducted 41, 000 sorties, fired more than 800 Tomahawk cruise missiles, and struck 20, 000 targets from a list that grew to 30, 500.
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Beguiled by technology, they may perhaps believe that smart bombs and Tomahawk missiles can nowadays win military victories without the help of foot soldiers.
The Royal Navy is putting Tomahawk cruise missiles into conventional submarines.
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The Conservative peer told the Lords weekend air strikes focused on Libyan's air defences, with Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from a Royal Navy submarine in the Mediterranean.
The U.S. Central Command said a Tomahawk cruise missile struck Iraq's national television building, a key telecom vault and a group of buildings housing Baghdad satellite communications.
The UK has what is known as the "Block III" version of the Tomahawk, manufactured by Hughes - now part of Raytheon Missile Systems, based in Tucson, Arizona.
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It also involved the first use of new Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System software, which is designed to ease joint missions involving Royal Navy and US Navy vessels.
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"Even on the worst days, we've been able to use some precision weapons: TLAMS (Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles) or CALCMs (Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles), " said Vice Adm.
CNN's Martin Savidge aboard the USS Gonzalez in the Adriatic Sea said six Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired in rapid succession from the Gonzalez and nearby USS Philippine Sea.
Last Monday night, the Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose scooped up a bounce pass, rose 16 miles in the air and executed a faster-than-the-speed-of-light tomahawk dunk over two defenders.
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With its 95% share of the world market for gallium arsenide semiconductors, Japan makes the brains for high-speed fiber-optic telecommunication switches as well as the chips that steer Tomahawk missiles.
The US and some allies fired Tomahawk missiles into Libya on Sunday when Moammar Gadhafi failed to obide by his own cease-fire agreement, made with the UN Security Council early Friday.
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In particular, a hot production line should be retained for the Tomahawk SLCM which, due to its ability to be outfitted with a variety of conventional and nuclear payloads, is a powerful and relatively inexpensive force multiplier.
Shortly after U.S. Tomahawk missiles and F-117 stealth fighters destroyed Iraqi leadership sites last night, in what U.S. officials called a decapitation attack, President Bush announced that America and its coalition partners had begun operations to disarm Iraq and free its people.
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Native American-made pipe tomahawks from the 19th and early 20th centuries are supreme examples of all-in-one technology: The metal tomahawk blade was topped with a neat little tobacco bowl, and the wooden handle was hollowed out so the warrior could puff when he wasn't whacking someone.
In the writ, issued to the High Court by Mr McNicholls' solicitor Alan Smith, it is claimed the engine of the Piper PA38 Tomahawk failed shortly after the plane took off from Barton Airfield in Salford, causing it to "stall, crash into houses on Newlands Avenue and burst into flames".
The Massachusetts senator voted against defense appropriations bills that included money for weapons such as the Patriot missile, the Tomahawk cruise missile and the B-2 stealth bomber -- all of which military leaders say have become integral to the U.S. force and were crucial to winning the 1991 Gulf war and last year's war in Iraq.
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