STRICKING BACK: Raytheon's Tomahawk cruise missile Block development provides new challenges to Kongsberg's increasingly popular Naval Strike Missile.

The article informs that Raytheon's Tomahawk cruise missile Block development poses new challenges to Kongsberg's increasingly popular Naval Strike Missile (NSM). NSM certainly sits at the leading edge of current cruise missile capability and inventory developments. NSM adds a land-attack capability from surface ships, complementing the Tomahawk land-attack capability provided by the RN's nuclear-powered attack submarines.