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.
== Examples == Specific types of ALCMs (current, past and under development) include:
3M-51 Alfa (Russia) 10Kh (USSR) AGM-28 Hound Dog (U.S.) AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (U.S.) AGM-86 ALCM (U.S.) AGM-129 ACM (U.S.) AGM-158 JASSM (U.S.) AGM-158C LRASM (U.S.) AGM-181 LRSO (U.S.) Air-sol moyenne portée ASMP (France) AKF-98 (China) ASN4G (France) BrahMos (India/Russia) BrahMos-II (India/Russia) CATS Hunter (India) CJ-10 (China) Delilah (Israel) Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) (Pakistan) Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (U.S.) Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (Australia/U.S.) Joint Strike Missile (Norway/U.S.) KaGeM V3 (Pakistan/Turkey) KALCM Cheonryong (South Korea) Kalibr-A (Russia) Kh-20 (USSR) Kh-22 (USSR/Russia) Kh-26 (USSR) Kh-32 (Russia) Kh-35 (Russia) Kh-55/Kh-555 (USSR/Russia) Kh-59 (USSR/Russia) Kh-61 (USSR/Russia) Kh-69 (Russia) Kh-101/102 (Russia) MICLA-BR (Brazil) Perseus (France/UK) Popeye (Israel) Ra'ad-II (Pakistan) Taimur (missile) (Pakistan) Taurus KEPD 350 (Germany/Sweden) Saber (UAE) Sea Breaker (Israel) SOM (Turkey) Storm Shadow/SCALP EG (France/UK) Wan Chien (Taiwan) Wind Demon (Israel) YJ-12 (China)
== See also == Air-launched ballistic missile Air-to-surface missile