AGM-129 ACM

Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1991
Total Production : 460
Total Cost : USD $1.8 billion

Model Status Year Produced
AGM-129 ACM Retired - No Longer Operational 1991 460



AGM-129 ACM

Group : Cruise Missiles
Status : Retired - No Longer Operational
Also Known As : Advanced Cruise Missile
Origin : United States of America
Contractor : Raytheon
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1991
Total Production : 460
Unitary Cost : USD $4.0 million

The AGM-129 ACM is a subsonic, long range, cruise missile designed to carry a W80 nuclear warhead. The US Air Force requires ACMs to hit deep inside enemy's territory located and heavily defended targets. In late 1980s the Soviet Union was fielding weapon systems with a heavy anti-cruise missile capability. SA-10 and SA-12 Surface-to-Air missiles and SU-27 fighters provided anti-cruise missile capability.

AGM-129 features stealth airframe, improved survivability, better accuracy and greater range than AGM-86 ALCM missiles. The B-52H Stratofortress bomber is the only aircraft in the US inventory designated to carry the AGM-129 missile. This bomber carries this missile externally. Initial procurement of ACMs was about 2,000 units, but undisclosed problems concerning ACM's performance the total procurement was reduced to 460 missiles. Final deliveries of ACM missiles to the US Air Force were in 1993. The US Air Force de-militarized the ACM missile in 2012.

Operators
Country Status State Notes
United States of AmericaRetired - No Longer Operational 0/460
Specifications
Notes
Dimensions
Diameter 690 millimeter
Length 6.4 meter
Wingspan 3.2 meter
Mass
Weight 1,682 kilogram
Performance
Max Range 3,454 kilometer
Speed
Top Speed 306 mps
Yield
Yield 150 kiloton
Gear
Warheads
W801

News

Friday, 15 July, 2016
US Air Force Requests New Nuclear Cruise Missile

The United States needs to build a new replacement nuclear-armed cruise missile to replace its aging air-launched cruise missiles, says US Department of Defense.

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* Prime Contractor
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning

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