It enjoys a substantial technological advantage in conventionally armed cruise missiles for attacking ships.
Ceilings would have to be placed on conventionally armed cruise missiles, a source of American advantage - not just in a superpower confrontation.
The rest of the column followed at a discreet interval, protected by the conventionally armed assault division of Shanganes.
The sophistication of the design made it suitable for other roles, and a nuclear-tipped version was developed in tandem with the conventionally armed variant.
The conventionally armed Tomahawk packs a very powerful warhead.
It can deploy its assets from outside missile range, attack, and get out without ever coming under threat from a conventionally armed defender.
But the two sides were still at odds over how to insure that conventionally armed air-launched cruise missiles would be exempt.
Against a conventionally armed Allied fleet, the Peeps could have put up a decent fight, he thought.
Some experts believe the United States might eventually modify this position because of the difficulty in distinguishing between nuclear- and conventionally armed weapons.
Each launcher is capable of firing numerous nuclear-armed or conventionally armed missiles.
