sentences:  Designed as a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile, the Tomahawk was capable of reaching targets at a much greater range than the guns on the "Iowa"-class ships.When added to the battleships in the 1980s the Tomahawk became the longest-ranged weapon carried by the battleships.Owing to the original 1938 design of the battleships, the Tomahawk missiles could not be fitted to the "Iowa" class unless the battleships were physically rebuilt in such a way as to accommodate the missile mounts that would be needed to store and launch the Tomahawks.