Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) has been in service in various guises since 1983. It is a cruise missile that flies low at sub-sonic speeds to its target, upon reaching its target it blows up and hopefully destroys the target.
So the question is can the TLAM be turned into a delivery vehicle for sub munitions. The obvious follow on question is why would you do this. My answer is TLAM has good range, but is designed to attack static or slow moving targets, therefore the ability to hit different targets by using different submunitions.
My original though was Meteor or such, but a Meteor is 2/3 the length of a TLAM, so that is really a non starter. ASRAAM would seem better fit. This combination would bring enemy force multipliers into range, i.e. AWACs, air to air refuelling assets etc. Also a couple of these mixed in amongst a standard TLAM strike might give enemy combat air patrols something else to think about rather than just shooting down the TLAMs.
In a similar vein attacking multiple ships by mounting a pair of Sea Venom on a TLAM would enable enemy ships to attacked beyond the reach of other assets, but also could be use to provide and additional attack vector from where an enemy would not expect it.
I was going to suggest that Brimstone also could be mounted, but I am not sure you would want to kill 3 tanks or AFV some 700 miles away, but then again I might be missing something.
Might these suggestions work? Or are these just plain daft?
Might these suggestions work? Or are these just plain daft?

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