Air-launched cruise missile

(Redirected from ALCM) Type of military ranged weapon "ALCM" redirects here. For the US AGM-86 ALCM, see AGM-86 ALCM. For the Associates of the London College of Music, see London College of Music Examinations.

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.

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)
AKF-98 (China)
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)
Popeye (Israel)
Saber (UAE)
SOM (Turkey)
Storm Shadow/SCALP EG (France/UK)
Wan Chien (Taiwan)
YJ-12 (China)
3M-51 Alfa (Russia)
3M22 Zircon (Russia)
10Kh (USSR)

References

"France & UK Launch Next-Gen Missile Project with MBDA to Replace Harpoon/Scalp/Exocet by 2030".

v t e Types of missile
By platform	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) Tactical ballistic missile (TBM)
By target type	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)
By guidance	Unguided Radar guidance Radar altimeter Active radar homing (ARH) Semi-active radar homing (SARH) Passive radar 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 Global Positioning System (GPS) GLONASS Inertial guidance Astro-inertial guidance Terrestrial guidance TERCOM DSMAC Automatic target recognition (ATR) Radio guidance TV guidance Contrast seeker Compass Predicted line of sight (PLOS)
Lists	List of military rockets List of missiles List of missiles by country List of anti-ship missiles List of anti-tank missiles List of ICBMs List of surface-to-air missiles
See also: Sounding rocket

This article relating to missiles is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:

See also

References