AGM-86 Air-Launched Cruise Missile [ALCM]
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Primary Function: | Air-to-surface strategic missile |
| Contractor: | Boeing Aerospace Co. |
| Guidance Contractors: | Litton Guidance and Control |
| Power Plant: | Williams Research Corp. F-107-WR-10 turbofan engine |
| Thrust: | 600 pounds (270 kilograms) |
| Length: | 20 feet, 9 inches (6.29 meters) |
| Weight: | 3,150 pounds (1,417.5 kilograms) |
| Diameter: | 24.5 inches (62.23 centimeter) |
| Wingspan: | 12 feet (3.64 meters) |
| Range: | AGM-86B: 1,500-plus miles (1,305 nautical miles) |
| Speed: | About 550 mph (Mach 0.73) |
| Guidance System: | Litton inertial navigation element with terrain contour-matching updates |
| Warheads: | W80-1 with a yield of 5 and 150 kt |
| Sensors: | A terrain contour-matching guidance system that allows the missile to fly complicated routes to a target through use of maps of the planned flight route stored in on-board computers |
| Unit Cost: | $1 million |
| Date Deployed: | December 1982 |
| Inventory: | Active force, 1,628; ANG, 0; Reserve, 0 |
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