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Cruise missile - Wikipedia

Medium-range subsonic · AGM-158 JASSM (370–1900 km). United States · AGM-158C LRASM (370 km). United States · Babur (290–900 km). Pakistan · Harbah (250–450 km).

Cruise missile | Definition, Speed, & Facts - Britannica

Cruise missile, type of low-flying strategic guided missile. Capable of carrying either a nuclear or a conventional warhead, the cruise ...

Tomahawk® Cruise Missile | Raytheon - RTX

The Tomahawk cruise missile is a precision weapon that launches from ships and submarines and can strike targets precisely from 1000 miles away, ...

AGM-129A Advanced Cruise Missile > Air Force > Fact Sheet Display

The AGM-129A advanced cruise missile is a stealth, nuclear-capable cruise missile used exclusively by B-52H bombers.

Cruise Missile Basics

Cruise missiles are defined as an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path.

Tomahawk | NAVAIR

The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long range cruise missile used for deep land attack warfare, launched from US Navy surface ships.

Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles

Ballistic missiles are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before ...

Tomahawk (missile family) - Wikipedia

an American long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy

Evolution of the Cruise Missile - Department of Defense

Werrell, Kenneth P. The Evolution of the Cruise Missile. "September 1985." Includes bibliographies and index. 1 . Cruise Missiles- ...

Tomahawk Cruise Missile - Navy.mil

Tomahawk Cruise Missile · Description The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is an all-weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile used for ...

Sub-launched nuclear cruise missile will need 'an entirely new ...

The original idea for Sea-Launched Cruise Missile – Nuclear was to simply resurrect the nuclear-tipped variant of the ubiquitous Tomahawk. While ...

Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM-N)

Congress and the executive branch have debated the merits of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile. (SLCM-N) since the weapon was ...

Tomahawk | Cruise Missile, History, Uses & Capabilities - Britannica

Tomahawk, American-made low-flying strategic guided missile that may be launched from naval ships or submarines to strike targets on land.

Tomahawk | Missile Threat - CSIS

Tomahawk ... The Tomahawk is an intermediate-range, subsonic cruise missile that is launched from U.S. Navy ships and submarines. It provides a long-range, deep ...

Leidos: 'Black Arrow' Small Cruise Missile Ready for Flight Test

Leidos is about to begin flight tests with its "Black Arrow" Small Cruise Missile off an AC-130 for Air Force Special Operations Command.

Cruise Missiles - National Museum of American History

Tomahawk missiles can be launched from either a standard 21-inch (53-cm) torpedo tube or, on newer submarines, a vertical launch tube. After the missile clears ...

A Low-Visibility Force Multiplier: Assessing China's Cruise Missile ...

This study surveys People's Republic of China (PRC) ASCM and LACM programs and their implications for broader PLA capabilities, especially in a Taiwan scenario.

Report to Congress on Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Congress and the executive branch have debated the merits of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) since the weapon was first ...

'Cheap' Cruise Missile Program To Speed Up With Replicator ...

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating work on low-cost air vehicles that could evolve into relatively cheap cruise missiles, and it plans to ...

Tomahawk Cruise Missile | National Air and Space Museum

Operational missiles are launched by a solid-fueled booster rocket and carried to their target by a turbofan jet engine. The Tomahawk flies near the surface at ...


Cruise missile

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A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided vehicle that sustains flight through aerodynamic lift for most of its flight path and whose primary mission is to place an ordnance or special payload on a target.

Submarine-launched cruise missile

A submarine-launched cruise missile is a cruise missile that is launched from a submarine. Current versions are typically standoff weapons known as land-attack cruise missiles, which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional or nuclear payloads.

Anti-ship cruise missile

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An anti-ship missile is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing.

Cruise-missile submarine

A cruise missile submarine is a submarine that carries and launches cruise missiles as its primary armament. Missiles greatly enhance a warship's ability to attack surface combatants and strike land targets; although torpedoes are a more discreet option for submerged submarines, missiles give a much longer stand-off range, shorter time to impact the target, as well as the ability to engage multiple targets on different headings at the same time.

Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile

The Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile is a scramjet-powered hypersonic air-launched cruise missile project, the successor of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept and the SCIFiRE hypersonic programs.

Operation Infinite Reach

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Operation Infinite Reach was the codename for American cruise missile strikes on al-Qaeda bases that were launched concurrently across two continents on 20 August 1998. Launched by the U.S.