US Navy set to receive latest version of the Tomahawk missile

この頃は、開発要素が大きく高価で実用化が遅い武器はそれはそれとして、コンベンショナルな技術や製品の活用が現実的といった話が多いのですが、海兵隊、陸軍作戦への可能性も含めトマホークの有用性とVLSMK４１による運用の件は重要な要件と思われます。

US Navy set to receive latest version of the Tomahawk missile https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/03/17/us-navy-set-to-take-delivery-of-the-latest-version-of-its-tomahawk-missile/

以下のあたりはなるほどというか、そうだろうなという感じ。

“Between Tomahawk Block V, the SM-6 and the NSM, the Navy has a collection of attack weapons that they are happy with,” he said, adding that a long-running effort to develop a next-generation land-attack weapon has lost some of its urgency.”
That means as hypersonic cruise missiles make developmental progress, the Navy will likely make do with its current generation of weapons instead of embarking on an expensive next-generation land-attack weapons program.
“What’s happening in parallel is in the development of hypersonic missile that are a smaller form factor than the boost-glide weapons that are coming to maturity now,” Clark said. “And if they can get it down to being able to fit in [the Mark 41], then that could provide the Navy a next-generation capability that is more survivable and has a shorter time of flight.
“So I think this combination of missiles the Navy has now, combined with the fact that the hypersonic weapons are coming along a little further out, means the Navy is going to stick with what it has potentially even longer than it had originally anticipated.”