# Anime depictions of the Tomahawk cruise missile?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616 "2023-05-26T06:16:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616/1 "2023-05-26T06:16:48Z")

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Like it says in the title…can anyone happen to point me out any examples of the Tomahawk cruise missile (the ol’ BGM-109—changing that first letter for a couple of variants) used in Japanese anime works?

It is not, as it happens, “for a book,” but it IS for an art project.

Just off the top of my head (and just from reading synopses and seeing a trailer, once), “Zipang” has a couple, albeit in a slightly inaccurate appearance (being launched from a JMSDF warship, Japan not possessing the weapon at that time).

I’d kind of be surprised if none of the Evangelion works ever showed any being launched in a massive, largely ineffectual salvo, but there’s nothing that I can remember. And I even caught the two-second long-distance shot of an Mi-32 in one of the movies. (“Plot? Characterization? Bah!”)

So, can anyone weigh in before I, uh…I was gonna make some [David Gilmour reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About_Face_(album)#Music_and_lyrics), but I’m too wrung out to try to be funny.

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**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616/2 "2023-05-26T06:59:16Z")

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I did a quick search of TV tropes with “Tomahawk missile anime” and found only this, [a manga](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Awesome/SuperDreadnoughtGirl4946)

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**Author:** ![Celtic\_Kitsune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celtic_kitsune/32/12086_2.png) [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-depictions-of-the-tomahawk-cruise-missile/984616/3 "2023-05-26T20:35:29Z")

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There was a better video showing this but here’s the one I found - from 02:00 - [All Ramiel Scenes — EVANGELION:1.11 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCe-D6sTLoc&ab_channel=MmmMINE)