Air-launched cruise missile
Type of military weapon
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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 and naval targets with conventional, nuclear or thermonuclear payloads.
Examples
Specific types of ALCMs (current, past and under development) include:
- 3M-51 Alfa (Russia)
- 10Kh (USSR)
- AGM-28 Hound Dog (U.S.)
- AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (U.S.)
- AGM-86 ALCM (U.S.)
- AGM-129 ACM (U.S.)
- AGM-158 JASSM (U.S.)
- AGM-158C LRASM (U.S.)
- AGM-181 LRSO (U.S.)
- Air-sol moyenne portée ASMP (France)
- AKF-98 (China)
- ASN4G (France)
- BrahMos (India/Russia)
- BrahMos-II (India/Russia)
- CATS Hunter (India)
- CJ-10 (China)
- Delilah (Israel)
- Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan)
- Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (U.S.)
- Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (Australia/U.S.)
- Joint Strike Missile (Norway/U.S.)
- KaGeM V3 (Pakistan/Turkey)
- KALCM Cheonryong (South Korea)
- Kalibr-A (Russia)
- Kh-20 (USSR)
- Kh-22 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-26 (USSR)
- Kh-32 (Russia)
- Kh-35 (Russia)
- Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-59 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-61 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-69 (Russia)
- Kh-101/102 (Russia)
- MICLA-BR (Brazil)
- Perseus (France/UK)[1]
- Popeye (Israel)
- Ra'ad-II (Pakistan)
- Taimur (missile) (Pakistan)
- Taurus KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
- Saber (UAE)
- Sea Breaker (Israel)
- SOM (Turkey)
- Storm Shadow/SCALP EG (France/UK)
- Wan Chien (Taiwan)
- Wind Demon (Israel)
- YJ-12 (China)
