Air-launched cruise missile
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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 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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