Air-launched cruise missile

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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 weapon or thermonuclear weapon payloads.

Specific types of ALCMs include:

Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ASMP (France)
AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)
AGM-86 ALCM (USA)
AGM-129 ACM (USA)
AGM-158 JASSM (USA)
Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia)
Kh-101/Kh-102 (Russia)
Kalibr-A (Russia)
BrahMos (India/Russia)
Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan)
C-802 (China)
KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
Popeye (Israel)
SOM (Turkey)
Storm Shadow (France/UK/Italy)

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Types of missile

By platform	Air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) Air-to-air missile (AAM) Air-to-surface missile (ASM) Ballistic missile Cruise missile Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) Shoulder-fired missile Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) Submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) Surface-to-air missile (SAM) Surface-to-surface missile (SSM)

By target type	Anti-ballistic missile (ABM) Anti-satellite weapon (ASAT) Anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) Anti-ship missile (AShM) Anti-submarine missile Anti-tank missile (ATGM) Land-attack missile (LACM)

By guidance	Active radar guidance Semi-active radar guidance Passive homing Track-via-missile Anti-radiation Command to line-of-sight guidance Command off line-of-sight guidance Pursuit guidance Beam riding Infrared guidance Laser guidance Unguided rockets Wire guidance TERCOM DSMAC Inertial guidance Astro-inertial guidance Satellite guidance Compass

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

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Air-launched cruise missile

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