AGM-129 ACM

AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missile
TypeAir-launched cruise missile
Place of originUnited States
Service history
In serviceJune 1990 – April 2012
Used byU.S. Air Force (decommissioned)
Production history
ManufacturerGeneral Dynamics (initially)
Raytheon
ProducedJuly 1985
Specifications
Massmore than 3,700 lb (1,680 kg)
Length20 ft 10 in (6.35 m)
Diameter2 ft 5 in (705 mm)
Wingspan10 ft 2 in (3.1 m)
WarheadW80-1 nuclear warhead

EngineWilliams International F112-WR-100 turbofan
2.67–3.25 kN (600–730 lbf)
Operational
range
1,865–2,000 nautical miles (3,450–3,700 km)
Maximum speed 500 mph (800 km/h)
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance system enhanced with Lidar and Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM).
Launch
platform
B-52 Stratofortress

The AGM-129 ACM (Advanced Cruise Missile) was a low-observable, subsonic, turbofan-powered, air-launched cruise missile originally designed and built by General Dynamics and eventually acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems. Prior to its withdrawal from service in 2012, the AGM-129A was carried exclusively by the US Air Force's B-52H Stratofortress bombers.


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