Land-attack missile

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USS Sterett launching a TLAM.

A land-attack missile (LAM) is a naval surface-to-surface missile that is capable of effectively attacking targets ashore, unlike specialized anti-ship missiles, which are optimized for striking other ships. Some dual-role missiles are suitable for both missions.

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A Russian Navy-launched 3M14 Kalibr land-attack missile striking a government building in Kharkiv.

Like long-range anti-ship missiles, land-attack missiles are usually turbojet or turbofan powered cruise missiles. To prevent early detection and counter-measures, they usually fly near the ground at very low altitude, employing terrain-following techniques, either with terrain-following radar or with precise navigation system, like GPS, combined with a stored map of obstacles and ground elevation data (TERCOM).

Land-attack missiles are usually programmed before launch to follow a set of way-points up to the target. Terminal guidance can be done with active radar homing, passive radar or electronic warfare support measures, infrared homing or optical guidance, or the (fixed) target was predesignated with as final way-point.

Some missiles allow mid-course updates after launch and some may even send information back to the launch platform or other units.

List of missiles

Specific types of LAMs (current, past and under development)

Name	Origin	Maximum Range
3M22 Zircon	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
3M-51 Alfa	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
3M-54 Kalibr	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
BGM-109 Tomahawk	Template:Flagicon United States	Template:Convert
BrahMos	Template:Flagicon India / Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert (Surface-launched version)
BrahMos-II	Template:Flagicon India / Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
Nirbhay	Template:Flagicon India	Template:Convert
CJ-10	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
CJ-100	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
Hermes (missile)	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
Hongniao	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
Hyunmoo-3	Template:Flagicon South Korea	Template:Convert (Hyunmoo-3C)
Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept	Template:Flagicon United States	>Template:Convert
Hsiung Feng IIE	Template:Flagicon Taiwan	>Template:Convert
Hsiung Feng III	Template:Flagicon Taiwan	Template:Convert
Otomat Mk/2E	Template:Flagicon Italy	Template:Convert
Kh-59	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
Joint Strike Missile	Template:Flagicon Norway / Template:Flagicon United States	Template:Convert
MAS	Template:Flagicon Brazil / Template:Flagicon United Arab Emirates	TBA (under development)
MdCN	Template:Flagicon France	Template:Convert
P-800 Oniks	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
RBS15	Template:Flagicon Sweden	>Template:Convert
RK-55 / S-10	Template:Flagicon Russia	Template:Convert
Wan Chien	Template:Flagicon Taiwan	Template:Convert
YJ-12	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
YJ-18	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
YJ-62	Template:Flagicon China	Template:Convert
Yun Feng	Template:Flagicon Taiwan	Template:Convert

References

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