Air-to-surface missile
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An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common propulsion systems for air-to-surface missiles are rocket motors, usually with shorter range, and slower, longer-range jet engines. Some Soviet-designed air-to-surface missiles are powered by ramjets, giving them both long range and high speed.
A pilot inspects an AGM-65 Maverick missile on his A-10 Thunderbolt II.
The RAF's Brimstone missile is a fire and forget anti-tank missile.
A Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missile of the German Luftwaffe.
The Indian Air Force's Rudram-1 is an Anti-radiation missile.
Missile
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A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
A V-1 flying bomb, amongst the first guided missiles
A semi-active missile homing system
A Tomahawk cruise missile in flight
An Exocet Anti-ship missile in flight