According to him, today the bulk of Tomahawk missiles are sea-based (both surface and underwater) with a launch range of 2.5 thousand km.

The question of the supply of “Tomahawks” to Ukraine today is probably a question of a distant perspective. As military expert Oleg Zhdanov explained, the Tomahawk missile is a medium-range missile.

It was originally developed always – air, sea (underwater and surface) and land-based. But then an agreement on the non-proliferation of medium- and short-range missiles was signed. And missiles with a launch range of 500 km to 5,500 km fell into the medium-range category. And the signatory countries – the USA and the USSR, and then the Russian Federation – closed programs for the development of land-based missiles and cruise missiles or medium-range missiles with a launch range of up to 5,500 km. remained only in air and sea basing.

He noted that today the bulk of Tomahawk missiles are sea-based (both surface and underwater) with a launch range of 2.5 thousand km.

Now the US is accelerating the adaptation of this missile to land-based deployment – that is, they are making a launcher for it.

Therefore, the supply of “Tomahawks” to Ukraine is possible either when we have our own fleet – we need a sea carrier of this missile (destroyer, frigate, submarine or cruiser), and this is a very vague prospect. Or when the US manufactures a land-based launcher and adapts the Tomahawk for land-based use.

“I hope for the American industry, for their experience in these matters. I think that they will force the development of this launcher. Then we can say that in 2023 their production is possible. But for a start, the United States will satisfy its needs for these missiles, only later will satisfy ours,” Zhdanov noted.

Help . Tomahawk cruise missiles

A family of American multi-purpose high-precision subsonic winged torpedoes of strategic and tactical underwater, surface, land and air-based use.

Makes a flight at extremely low altitudes while skirting the topography of the area. It is in service with ships and submarines of the US Navy, and has been used in all major military conflicts involving the United States since its adoption in 1983. The estimated cost of the rocket in 2014 was $21.45 million.