Description:
The AGM-86 is an air launched subsonic cruise missile developed to increase effectiveness of B-52 bombers during the Cold War. It entered active service in the US Air Force in 1982 and 1,739 AGM-86s were produced through September 1986. The conventional AGM-86 missile was used in combat for the first time in Operation Desert Storm in 1991. Afterward it was tested in Operation Desert Fox, Desert Strike, Allied Force, Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The AGM-86 is the longest range conventional armed missile in the US Air Force inventory and provides the B-52 with the capability to accurately strike nearly any target in the world, without the support of bases located outside the continental United States.
The AGM-86D CALCM has been develop to meet the US Air Force requirements against hardened and buried targets. The D model features a Lockheed-Martin AUP penetration warhead capable of piercing up to 12 feet of concrete.
Specifications Dimensions: Diameter 620 mm, Length 6.3 m, Width 3.7 m
Weights: Max Weight 1,475 kg (3,252 lb), Warhead 907 kg (2,000 lb)
Engine/s Performance: Thrust 600 lb (272 kg)
Performance: Max Range 1,100 km (594 nm), Top Speed 223 mps (Mach 0.67)
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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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