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WHAT DOES ALCM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ALCM

Air-launched cruise missile

An air-launched cruise missile is a cruise missile that is launched from an aircraft. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional or nuclear payloads. Specific types of ALCMs include: ▪ AGM-28 Hound Dog ▪ AGM-86 ▪ Storm Shadow ▪ Air-Sol Moyenne Portée ▪ KEPD 350 ▪ AGM-129 ACM ▪ AGM-158 JASSM ▪ BrahMos ▪ BrahMos-II ▪ Nirbhay ▪ Popeye ▪ K_Missile_family-Air launched article ▪ Ra'ad ▪ SOM...

Definition of ALCM in the English dictionary

The definition of ALCM in the dictionary is air-launched cruise missile: a type of cruise missile that can be launched from an aircraft.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALCM

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Alcibiades
alcid
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Alcman
Alcmene
alco
Alcock
alcohol
alcohol abuse
alcohol abuser
alcohol consumption
alcohol content
alcohol patch
alcohol-free
alcoholic
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Alcoholics Anonymous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALCM

ACM
ARCM
DCM
FRCM
NCM
RCM
SCM
SLCM
TCM

Synonyms and antonyms of ALCM in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ALCM» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALCM

Find out the translation of ALCM to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ALCM from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ALCM» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

空射巡航导弹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ALCM
570 millions of speakers

English

ALCM
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ALCM
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ALCM
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

КРВБ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ALCM
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ALCM
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ALCM
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ALCM
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ALCM
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ALCM
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ALCM
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ALCM
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ALCM
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ALCM
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ALCM
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ALCM
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ALCM
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ALCM
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

КРВБ
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ALCM
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ALCM
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ALCM
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ALCM
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ALCM
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ALCM

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCM»

The term «ALCM» is regularly used and occupies the 80.041 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ALCM» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ALCM» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ALCM

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCM»

Discover the use of ALCM in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ALCM and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cornerstones of Security: Arms Control Treaties in the ...
(iv) If, by viewing the contents of the container, inspectors are unable to confirm that the contents are not a long-range nuclear ALCM, the in-country escort shall remove the contents from the container. Inspectors shall not have the right to ...
Thomas Graham, Jr., Thomas Graham, Damien J LaVera, 2011
2
Guide to OCR for Indic Scripts: Document Recognition and ...
(1) We convert a gray-scale document image into an adaptive local connectivity map (ALCM), which is also a gray-scale image. (2) We then apply a thresholding algorithm on the ALCM to reveal the text line patterns in terms of connected ...
Venu Govindaraju, Srirangaraj (Ranga) Setlur, 2009
3
Cruise Missiles: Technology, Strategy, Politics
In such an environment, the survivability of the ALCM was drastically reduced while the B-l more or less held its own. Significantly, however, the survivability of the B-l was acknowledged to be extremely sensitive to the effectiveness of its ...
Richard K. Betts, 1981
4
Reversing the Arms Race: How to Achieve and Verify Deep ...
by non-ALCM bombers, the Air Force claims that no B-ls currently have an ALCM capability and that there are no plans to deploy ALCMs or ACMs on B-ls until the B-52H force is retired.20 As the B-52Hs are retired, beginning in the late 1990s, ...
Frank Von Hippel, R. Z. Sagdeev, 1990
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Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George ...
-Each heavy bomber equipped to carry only short-range missiles or gravity bombs is counted as one warhead under the 6,000 limit. —Each U.S. heavy bomber equipped to carry long-range nuclear ALCM's (up to a maximum of 150 bombers) ...
Bush, George, 1992
6
The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq: Don Sebastian, king ...
John Dryden William Congreve. another golden Goblet; and then they may carry double upon all four. / [Aside. Alcm. My Lord, I have flood silent, out of Wonder v. What you cou'd wonder at, Amfh. A chilling Sweat, a damp of Jealousy, [Aside.
John Dryden, William Congreve, 1717
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Dramatic Library
another golden Goblet ; and then they may carry double upon all four. [Aside. Alcm. My Lord, I have stood silent, out of Wonder What you cou'd wonder at. Amph. A chilling Sweat, a damp of Jealousy, [Aside. Hangs on my Brows, and clams ...
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British Qualifications: Professional, Vocational and ...
Diploma in Drama in Education (LLCM(Ed)): Candidates must hold an ALCM Diploma in Speech, Drama and Communication. Verse Speaking: Grades and Diplomas. Music Theatre: Grades and Diplomas. Reading: Grades only. Acting: ...
Kogan Page, 2006
9
Ideologies in Conflict: A Cold War Docu-Story
The air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) was given the highest priority for weapon system program development, in turn drastically modifying the strategic bomber leg mission of the TRIAD. The ALCM meant that no new strategic bombers ...
Chris S. Adams, Jr., 2001
10
Guide to OCR for Arabic Scripts
4.20 ALCM A(x,y) using the same size filter aligned along different directions. Using the filter along the direction of the text (right) the ALCM has a greater response (connectivity) than when using the filter in any other direction masks in the ...
Volker Märgner, Haikal El Abed, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALCM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ALCM is used in the context of the following news items.
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Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC. Announces Hilbert Schenck as …
Van holds the CPCU and ALCM designations in addition to being a licensed broker and insurance consultant. Paragon Insurance Holdings ... «GlobeNewswire, Jun 15»
2
U.K. Wants Helmet-Mounted Cueing System For Tornado
... it would be more useful to the Brits and any coalition for them to acquire an 8-10 ALCM or 30-50 SDB/SPEAR-3 shooter option than it would ... «Aviation Week, Jun 15»
3
We Can't Always Count On Smart Bombs: CSBA
Kick those Tomahawks – or replacement ALCM/SLCMs – out the back of a C-17 – or from VPM/SSGN/arsenal ships – and you can deliver ... «Breaking Defense, Jun 15»
4
The Atlas Burden: The Cost of America's Nuclear Arsenal
... a new long-range bomber with nuclear capability, and a new air-launched cruise missile (ALCM). Plans also include studying options for the ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Jun 15»
5
Russia grounds 'Bear' bombers following accident and fire
... Kh-55/AS-15 'Kent' 200 kT air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the new Raduga Kh-101 conventional ALCM was also recently integrated. «IHS Jane's 360, Jun 15»
6
USAF moving past cluster munitions, CALCM cruise missile
... also developing the Long-Range Standoff (LRSO) weapon, a new nuclear-capable cruise missile that will eventually supplant the ALCM and ... «Flightglobal, Jun 15»
7
Rose Gottemoeller on the NPT Review Conference, Russian saber …
Now, this week there's been a lot of debate out there about the new ALCM. There were some testimonies on Capitol Hill that aroused a lot of ... «Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 15»
8
Nukes Or Conventional Weapons? Buy The Ones We Use
Further plans to develop a new air-launched, nuclear-capable cruise missile (ALCM) drew fire at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations ... «Breaking Defense, May 15»
9
Nuclear cruise missiles
... have been deploying nuclear-tipped cruise missiles on strategic bombers and show no signs of curtailing their ALCM and SLCM capabilities. «The News International, May 15»
10
HPU Choirs to Perform Spring Choral Concert
... Gould Young Composer's Award, the ACDA Raymond Brock Award, a Meet The Composer grant, the ALCM Raabe Prize and many others. «High Point University, Apr 15»

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