Noun
ALCM (plural ALCMs)
Initialism of air-launched cruise missile.
Hypernym: CM
Coordinate terms: CMCA, GLCM, SLCM
A program to improve the B-52 and develop and deploy the ALCM would cost perhaps 20% of the price to deploy the planned 244 B-1As. Source: Internet
Both Tomahawk (as BGM-109) and ALCM (AGM-86) were competing designs for the USAF. Source: Internet
It would have been equipped with 50 to 100 AGM-86 ALCM cruise missiles on rotary launchers. Source: Internet
Pentagon officials also stated that the AGM-86 Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) launched from the existing B-52 fleet would give the USAF equal capability of penetrating Soviet airspace. Source: Internet
With a range of convert, the ALCM could be launched well outside the range of any Soviet defenses and penetrate at low altitude just like a bomber (and much lower radar cross-section due to size), but in much greater numbers at a lower cost. Source: Internet