The Tomahawk is billed by the Defense Department as potentially one of the most important weapons in the U.S. arsenal. One version is designed to be launched from a submarine, fly as far as 2,000 miles and deliver its nuclear warhead within a few yards of its target. Another version, intended to sink enemy ships, carries a conventional warhead and has a range of more than 240 miles. Last week, at the Pentagon's invitation, about 40 reporters and photographers joined Defense Secretary Harold Brown on San Clemente Island to watch the submarine U.S.S. Guitarro launch an antiship Tomahawk off the California...
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