Air-launched cruise missile

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:

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An AGM-86 air-launched cruise missile in flight (1980)