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)
- 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)
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