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)[1]
- 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)
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