AGM-109 / BGM-109 Tomahawk / Gryphon Concepts, Projects and Prototypes

[xena]

Why? It was the way how Tomahawk was developed. Topic is AGM-109 and these pictures belongs to it.

 

[TomS]

Why? It was the way how Tomahawk was developed. Topic is AGM-109 and these pictures belongs to it.

Things have been moved to this "development" thread, as suggested. They used to be in a Tomahawk operational thread, which was misleading.

 

[fightingirish]

FYI, another new stack of pictures showing AGM/BGM-109 Tomahawk during its early development were uploaded at the SDASM Flickr archive today.
Here an appetizer, with a "quite pointy" nosecone.
Admiral General Aladeen would be very proud.

https://flic.kr/p/2qzEpqa

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzEpqa

https://flic.kr/p/2qzD9N4

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/54201948071/

 

[TomS]

FYI, another new stack of pictures showing AGM/BGM-109 Tomahawk during its early development were uploaded at the SDASM Flickr archive today.
Here an appetizer.

https://flic.kr/p/2qzyxux

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzyxux

You can see a couple of cutaway submunitions, showing off the tandem warhead design going on there. Precursor shaped charge to dig a hole, and a follow-on charge to heave and crater the concrete.

 

[fightingirish]

Thanks @TomS, maybe I should have posted that appetizer in the topic 'AGM-109 dispenser'.
Link:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/agm-109-dispenser.38954/

 

[TomS]

FYI, another new stack of pictures showing AGM/BGM-109 Tomahawk during its early development were uploaded at the SDASM Flickr archive today.
Here an appetizer, with a "quite pointy" nosecone.
Admiral General Aladeen would be very proud.

https://flic.kr/p/2qzEpqa

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzEpqa

Ok, this pointy one is interesting! Wonder what the objective was.

 

[NMaude]

Ok, this pointy one is interesting! Wonder what the objective was.

Supersonic Tomahawk?

 

[zjz]

There was a proposal of a Tomahawk with a pointed nose mentioned in Janes in the early 2000's, but nothing seems to come out of it ....

It was supposed to be "supersonic", but other than ramping the engine to max RPM and getting an overheated turbine, I am not sure how they can achieve Mach 1 without substantial redesign ....

 

[TomS]

Supersonic Tomahawk?

The wing is still dead straight and it looks like a flush inlet so probably not supersonic.

There was a proposal of a Tomahawk with a pointed nose mentioned in Janes in the early 2000's, but nothing seems to come out of it

Post #1 in this thread.

The photo above is Convair, so much older. Also, you can see four fins instead of of the later three-fin layout of the supersonic proposal.

 

[fightingirish]

FYI, another new stack of pictures showing AGM/BGM-109 Tomahawk during its early development were uploaded at the SDASM Flickr archive today.

 

[NMaude]

The wing is still dead straight and it looks like a flush inlet so probably not supersonic.

The F-104 Straighter had straight wings and it was a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor.

 

[TomS]

The F-104 Straighter had straight wings and it was a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor.

But not the same shape wing that you'd have seen on a subsonic aircraft, while the wing and tail fins on that pointed Tomahawk are exactly the same as the one on the round-nosed and definitely subsonic ones.

Between SALT I and II, there were some discussions of treaty limitations on certain classes of cruise missiles. Possibly this was the sort of visual differentiation required to make that verifiable in imagery.

 

[zjz]

FYI, another new stack of pictures showing AGM/BGM-109 Tomahawk during its early development were uploaded at the SDASM Flickr archive today.

It's a pity that most of the pictures are not tagged properly, or am I not a savvy enough user to filter what I wish to search for?

 

[Pixelbrick]

It's a pity that most of the pictures are not tagged properly, or am I not a savvy enough user to filter what I wish to search for?

There's so many weird & awesome historical artefacts in there:

https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

 

[robunos]

There's so many weird & awesome historical artefacts in there:

https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

Man, a process camera ! Haven't seen or used on of them for years . . . looks like a n Agfa model, too . . . like the one I used to use . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[GTX]

T getting an overheated turbine

Not really an issue for a one-way system...though perhaps for the final in to target run.

 

[Apophenia]

Man, a process camera ! Haven't seen or used on of them for years . . . looks like a n Agfa model, too . . . like the one I used to use . . .

Now there's a blast from the past! My last exposure (pun, get it?) to the AGFA Repromaster was screening artwork circa 1979!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane, Robin

 

[aim9xray]

There's so many weird & awesome historical artefacts in there:

https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

View: https://flic.kr/p/2qzywk8

Good Lord! A process camera! In a room with a safelight. And some quick processors for negs and PMTs. I'll bet the Lith sisters worked near there; Ruby and Amber.