Engineering360: "Tomahawk Comes Home In Order to Return Stronger"

Interesting Q&A session. I wish Raytheon all the continued success in preparing our weapons to be second to none, and fully capable of defeating whatever rock the enemy wishes to hide under.

"The Tomahawk ... was one of the original “networked” weapons, and the new radios being installed will ensure that Tomahawk will operate in any communications architecture."

I'm "thrown for a loop"... Wouldn't we prefer that it only be operable within a single ("extra secure"/"inaccessible-to-99.999999999999%" of the world's population) highly encrypted sort of communications architecture...(?)

^{_{[What did the author actually mean by what he didn't actually-necessarily say...?]}}

^{_{I do not work in the communications industry . . .}}

we want it to work over our entire set of platforms, not the world, silly man.

_{? unable to "self-OT", any more ?}

_{^{I'd feel much safer if secrets such as that were just plain-old kept secret}}...

The opponents will still not know where the incoming is sourced from. It makes for a bad day when folks piss off America.

"Agreed" . . . (^{I know, 'pretty well'}...) ......................................................................................................................................................................(("wait for it.................."))..........(!)

"Wait no more"....

Don't recall ever seeing you "chime in",

[here] ...

http://cr4.globalspec.com/thread/114241?frmtrk=cr4sd#comment1217696

OOOoooops ... ("my bad") ...

My Post#8 SHOULD-HAVE-BEEN a "Reply-To" YOUR post, here.....

''To keep Tomahawk viable to our customers, it is important that we listen to our customer(s) and offer the latest in technology and advancements, at a competitive price.''

''customers''? Is Raytheon an advanced world class weapons Walmart? In addition to USDoD, who is a ''customer''? Does the ''competitive price'' engage Raytheon in bidding against the Brand X's of cruise missiles? Are there occasional shoot-outs somewhere that determine which cruise missile has the biggest cojones and can command the highest price.

Is Dr. Strangelove still running all of this stuff? Is his end game still the ''sum of all fears''?

Grandpa wants answers that he can pass along to his grandkids.