Air-launched cruise missile
An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980)
An air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a military aircraft. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional, nuclear or thermonuclear payloads.
Specific types of ALCMs (current, past and under development) include:
- BrahMos (India/Russia)
- BrahMos-II (India/Russia)
- Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP (France)
- AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)
- AGM-86 ALCM (USA)
- AGM-129 ACM (USA)
- AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (USA)
- AGM-158 JASSM (USA)
- AGM-158C LRASM (USA)
- LRSO (Long Range Stand Off Weapon) (USA)
- 10Kh (USSR)
- KSR-5 (USSR)
- Kh-20 (USSR)
- Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-101/Kh-102 (Russia)
- Kh-59 (USSR/Russia)
- Soumar (Iran)
- Kalibr-A (Russia)
- Kh-61 (USSR/Russia)
- 3M-51 Alfa (Russia)
- 3M22 Zircon (Russia)
- Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Russia)
- Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan)
- CJ-10 (missile) (China)
- KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
- Popeye (Israel)
- SOM (Turkey)
- Storm Shadow (France/UK/Italy)
- Delilah (missile) (Israel)
- Perseus (missile) (France/UK)[1]
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