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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 an aircraft. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional or nuclear payloads.Currently, Brahmos is the fastest missile.
Specific types of ALCMs include:
- AGM-28 Hound Dog (USA)
- Storm Shadow (France/UK)
- Air-Sol Moyenne Portée (France)
- KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden)
- AGM-129 ACM (USA)
- AGM-158 JASSM (US)
- BrahMos (India/Russia)
- BrahMos-II (India/Russia) [Under Development]
- Nirbhay (India)
- K Missile family-Air launched article(India)
- Ra'ad (Pakistan)
- SOM (Turkey)
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