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AGM-86D CALCM

IOC: 2001
Unitary Cost: USD$1.2 million
Also Known As: Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile

Origin: United States of America

Contractor/s: Boeing

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.

Parent system is the AGM-86
IOC: 1982
Total Production: 1,739
Total Cost: USD$1.7 billion
Other Family Members: AGM-86B ALCM and AGM-86C CALCM

Applications:

Long Range Attack Aircraft

B-52H Stratofortress

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:: Specifications ::

Dimensions
Diameter: 620 millimeter
Length: 6.32 meter
Wingspan: 3.66 meter

Performance
Max Range: 1,100 kilometer (594 nautical mile)
Piercing in Concrete: 12 foot

Speed
Top Speed: 223 mps (803 kph)

Weight
Thrust: 600 pound
Warhead: 907 kilogram
Weight: 1,475 kilogram

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	United States of America	195

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Last Updated:
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FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
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