Keywords: Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile -crop.jpg Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile during a flight test US Navy original image caption 021110-N-0000X-003 China Lake Calif Nov 10 2002 -- A Tactical Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile conducts a controlled flight test over the Naval Air Systems Command NAVAIR western test range complex in southern California During the second such test flight the missile successfully completed a vertical underwater launch flew a fully guided 780-mile course and impacted a designated target structure as planned The Tactical Tomahawk the next generation of Tomahawk cruise missile adds the capability to reprogram the missile while in-flight to strike any of 15 preprogrammed alternate targets or redirect the missile to any Global Positioning System GPS target coordinates It also will be able to loiter over a target area for some hours and with its on-board TV camera will allow the war fighting commanders to assess battle damage of the target and if necessary redirect the missile to any other target Launched from the Navy's forward-deployed ships and submarines Tactical Tomahawk will provide a greater flexibility to the on-scene commander Tactical Tomahawk is scheduled to join the fleet in 2004 U S Navy photo RELEASED image source http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 3349 Tomahawk_Block_IV_cruise_missile jpg 2002-11-10 U S Navy derivative work The High Fin Sperm Whale Cropped The High Fin Sperm Whale Tomahawk_Block_IV_cruise_missile jpg PD-USGov-Military-Navy original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File Tomahawk_Block_IV_cruise_missile jpg licensed with PD-USGov-Military-Navy 2006-10-24T08 29 20Z Conscious 2100x1575 2398005 Bytes <nowiki>Reverted to earlier revision</nowiki> 2006-10-24T08 29 16Z Conscious 650x223 22359 Bytes <nowiki>cropped version from en </nowiki> 2005-03-19T18 49 05Z Bricktop 2100x1575 2398005 Bytes <nowiki>US Navy photo</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX BGM-109 Tomahawk November 2002 photographs |