The State - News from Feb. 24, 1985
An unarmed Tomahawk cruise missile was launched by the U.S. Navy from a submarine off Point Mugu in the first of a series of test flights for the weapon, a Navy spokesman said. The missile, designed to escape detection by enemy radar, hit a desert target at the Naval Weapons Center in China Lake, spokesman Ray Lucasey said.
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