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  1. Cruise missile

    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. [ 1] Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision. Modern cruise missiles are capable of traveling at high subsonic, supersonic ...

  2. Cruise missile

    Cruise missile, type of low-flying strategic guided missile. Capable of carrying either a nuclear or a conventional warhead, the cruise missile was designed to have a very low radar cross section and to hug the ground while traveling at a relatively slow speed to its target.

  3. Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles

    There are four general classifications of ballistic missiles based on their range, or the maximum distance the missile can travel: Short-range: less than 1,000 kilometers (approximately 620 miles), also known as "tactical" ballistic missiles. Medium-range: between 1,000 and 3,000 kilometers (approximately 620-1,860 miles), also known as "theater" ballistic missiles. Intermediate-range ...

  4. How Cruise Missiles Work

    The Basics. A cruise missile is basically a small, pilotless airplane. Cruise missiles have an 8.5-foot (2.61-meter) wingspan, are powered by turbofan engines and can fly 500 to 1,000 miles (805 to 1,610 km) depending on the configuration. A cruise missile's job in life is to deliver a 1,000-pound (450-kg) high-explosive bomb to a precise ...

  5. Tomahawk Long-Range Cruise Missile

    Tomahawk is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile in service with the surface ships and submarines of the US and the UK's Royal Navy. Originally produced by General Dynamics, Tomahawk is currently manufactured by Raytheon. The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) can strike high-value or heavily defended land targets.

  6. Tomahawk

    The Tomahawk is a long-range, unmanned weapon with an accuracy of about 5 metres (16 feet). The 5.6-metre- (18.4-foot-) long missile has a range of up to approximately 2,400 km (about 1,500 miles) and can travel as fast as 885 km (550 miles) per hour. Tomahawks are launched vertically from ships, but they can be launched horizontally from ...

  7. Cruise Missile Basics

    Cruise missiles are capable of being launched from multiple ground, air, sea and submarine platforms. Both fighter and long-range bomber aircraft are capable of carrying and launching cruise missiles. [5] On the ground, cruise missiles are most commonly launched by road-mobile systems due to the inherent advantages of mobility, but they can ...

  8. PDF Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles

    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 descending to reach its intended target. Ballistic missiles can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads.

  9. Tomahawk (missile family)

    Tomahawk (missile family) The BGM-109 Tomahawk (/ ˈtɒməhɔːk /) Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, jet-powered, subsonic cruise missile that is primarily used by the United States Navy and Royal Navy in ship and submarine-based land-attack operations. Developed at the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins ...

  10. Tomahawk Cruise Missile > United States Navy > Displayy-FactFiles

    The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is an all-weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile used for deep land attack warfare, launched from U. S. Navy surface ships and U.S. Navy and United

  11. Range of a Cruise Missile

    The ranges of cruise missiles vary from 105 km to 3,000 km. The similarity between the missiles is that they fly low and have low radar. This ability allows them to evade detection in defense systems. The average radar cross-section in a cruise missile is 1 square meter.

  12. The US Navy has an upgraded Tomahawk: Here's 5 things you should know

    Here's what you need to know about the Navy's new Block V Tomahawk.

  13. AGM-158 JASSM

    A JASSM detonates above a hardened target during tests. The AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (AGM-158 JASSM) is a low detection standoff air-launched cruise missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the United States Armed Forces. [7] It is a large, stealthy long-range weapon with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) armor piercing warhead.

  14. AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM)

    The AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) is a long-range, air-launched standoff missile designed to give U.S. bombers the ability to launch their payload from outside the range of anti-aircraft weapons. It is a central element of the United States strategic bomber force. ALCM Development The ALCM program began in the early 1970s, designed to give...

  15. A Short History of the Cruise Missile

    Cruise missiles were originally designed to carry nuclear weapons long distances, allowing bombers to strike their targets without entering the range of an adversary's air-defense weapons ...

  16. BrahMos: Everything you need to know about the cruise missile system

    BrahMos is technically a ramjetpowered supersonic cruise missile with a solid propellant booster that can be launched from land-based canisters, submarines, ships and now aircraft. It travels at speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0 but is being upgraded in the future to travel at speeds faster than Mach 5.0. for the hypersonic variant.

  17. What Is a Cruise Missile and How Far Can It Travel? Russia ...

    Eight Russian cruise missiles hit the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Sunday, completely destroying the airport, the country's president and foreign minister said. Vinnytsia is city with a ...

  18. 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 strike capability. The Tomahawk can carry either conventional or nuclear payloads, though policy decisions have phased out their nuclear role. Tomahawk Development The U.S. Navy began its development of sea-launched cruise missiles in 1972. The...

  19. Ukraine Closes in on Long-Range JASSM Missile Deal With US

    The AGM-158A version of the missile has a 330-mile range, while the AGM-158B variant, 575 miles, potentially putting Russian staging areas and supply depots far from the front lines within ...

  20. Cruise missile

    Cruise missile. 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. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead over long distances with high precision.

  21. Burevestnik/Skyfall: What to Know About Russia's New Nuclear Cruise Missile

    Cruise missiles are effectively disposable airplanes; like airplanes, their range is determined by fuel-efficiency factors. The altitude at which the missile flies presents an important trade-off ...

  22. Storm Shadow

    The Storm Shadow is a Franco - British low-observable, long-range air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA. [ 6] "Storm Shadow" is the weapon's British name; in France it is called SCALP-EG (which stands for " Système de Croisière Autonome à Longue Portée - Emploi Général "; English: "Long Range Autonomous Cruise ...

  23. As Iran threatens Israel, the danger of Tehran's long-vaunted missile

    Israeli officials estimated that Iran launched 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120 ballistic missiles. In Jordan, an AP journalist filmed what appeared to be a ballistic missile being intercepted above the Earth's atmosphere, likely by an Israeli Arrow 3 missile, with the blast radiating out like a circle.

  24. US close to agreeing on long-range missiles for Ukraine ...

    The U.S. is close to an agreement to give Ukraine long-range cruise missiles that could reach deep into Russia, but Kyiv would need to wait several months as the U.S. works through technical ...

  25. List of cruise missiles

    List of cruise missiles The following is a list of cruise missiles. It does not include the specifically anti-ship missiles, which are on a separate list.

  26. Ukraine war latest: Zelenskyy reveals plan after Kursk invasion; more

    Two missiles have killed more than 50 people and injured hundreds in a city in central Ukraine, one of the deadliest attacks by Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...