Air-launched cruise missile
Type of military ranged weapon
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:
- 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)
- AGM-181 LRSO (USA)
- Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP (France)
- ASN4G (France)
- BrahMos (India/Russia)
- BrahMos-II (India/Russia)
- CJ-10 (China)
- Delilah (Israel)
- Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan)
- CATS Hunter (India)
- Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (USA)
- Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (USA)
- Ra'ad-II (Pakistan)
- Joint Strike Missile (Norway/USA)
- Kalibr-A (Russia)
- Taurus KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
- Kh-20 (USSR)
- Kh-32 (Russia)
- Kh-35 (Russia)
- Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-59 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-61 (USSR/Russia)
- Kh-101/102 (Russia)
- KSR-5 (USSR)
- MICLA-BR (Brazil)
- Perseus (France/UK)[1]
- Popeye (Israel)
- Saber (UAE)
- SOM (Turkey)
- Storm Shadow/SCALP EG (France/UK)
- Wan Chien (Taiwan)
- 3M-51 Alfa (Russia)
- 3M22 Zircon (Russia)
- 10Kh (USSR)
See also
References
- ^ "France & UK Launch Next-Gen Missile Project with MBDA to Replace Harpoon/Scalp/Exocet by 2030".
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Types of missile
- Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)
- Air-launched cruise missile (ALCM)
- Air-to-air missile (AAM)
- Air-to-surface missile (ASM)
- Ballistic missile
- Cruise missile
- Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
- Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM)
- Short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
- Shoulder-fired missile
- Standoff missile
- Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
- Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM)
- Surface-to-air missile (SAM)
- Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)
- Anti-ballistic missile (ABM)
- Anti-radiation missile (ARM)
- Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT)
- Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM)
- Anti-ship missile (AShM)
- Anti-submarine missile (ASuM)
- Anti-tank missile (ATGM)
- Land-attack missile (LAM)
- Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)
- Unguided
- Radar guidance
- Passive homing
- Track-via-missile (TVM)
- Anti-radiation
- Command guidance
- Command to line-of-sight (CLOS)
- Command off line of sight (COLOS)
- Manual command to line of sight (MCLOS)
- Semi-automatic command to line of sight (SACLOS)
- Automatic command to line of sight (ACLOS)
- Pursuit guidance
- Beam riding (LOSBR)
- Infrared guidance
- Laser guidance
- Wire guidance
- Satellite guidance
- Inertial guidance
- Astro-inertial guidance
- Terrestrial guidance
- Automatic target recognition (ATR)
- Radio guidance
- TV guidance
- Contrast seeker
- Compass
- Predicted line of sight (PLOS)
See also: Sounding rocket
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