air-launched cruise missile

air-launched cruise missile
/air"lawncht', -lahncht'/, Mil.
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 2500 mi. (4023 km). Abbr.: ALCM, A.L.C.M.

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