air-launched cruise missile

[air-lawncht, -lahncht]

noun

Military.

1. a winged, jet-powered missile designed to be launched from an aircraft and to fly toward the target at low altitude on automatic guidance, with a range of almost 2,500 miles (4,023 km). ALCM, A.L.C.M.

Example Sentences

The most vivid example of his caution is his continued refusal to provide Ukraine a long-range, air-launched cruise missile called the Taurus.

From New York Times

The KH-55, which is refered to as CH-55 in Polish, is an air-launched cruise missile developed by the Soviet Union that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

From Reuters

Russia launched air-launched cruise missile strikes against Ukraine on April 28 and May 1.

From Washington Times

That intelligence update cited open source imagery showing wreckage of an air-launched cruise missile fired at Ukraine that seemed to have been designed in the 1980s as a nuclear delivery system.

From Reuters

Also on Saturday, an air-launched cruise missile hit the Odesa region on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, Odesa city officials said on Telegram.

From New York Times