Air-launched cruise missile
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.
An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980)
Specific types of ALCMs (current, past and under development) include:
- AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)
- AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (USA)
- AGM-86 ALCM (USA)
- AGM-129 ACM (USA)
- AGM-158 JASSM (USA)
- AGM-158C LRASM (USA)
- Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP (France)
- ASN4G (France)
- BrahMos (India/Russia)
- BrahMos-II (India/Russia)
- CJ-10 (missile) (China)
- Delilah (missile) (Israel)
- Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan)
- Ra'ad-II (Pakistan)
- Joint Strike Missile(Norway/USA)
- Kalibr-A (Russia)
- KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
- Kh-20 (USSR)
- Kh-32 (Russia)
- Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (Russia)
- Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-59 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-61 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-101/Kh-102 (Russia)
- KSR-5 (USSR)
- LRSO (Long Range Stand Off Weapon) (USA)
- MICLA-BR (missile) (Brazil)
- Perseus (missile) (France/UK)[1]
- Popeye (Israel)
- SOM (Turkey)
- Soumar (Iran)
- Storm Shadow (France/UK/Italy)
- Ya-Ali (missile) (Iran)
- 3M-51 Alfa (Russia)
- 3M22 Zircon (Russia)
- 10Kh (USSR)
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