A cruise missile is an unmanned self-propelled guided missile that sustains flight through aerodynamics lift for most of its flight path. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead or pay
A BGM-109 Tomahawk flying in November 2002
The V-1 flying bomb, the first operational cruise missile
BrahMos shown at IMDS 2007
India's Nirbhay missiles mounted on a truck-based launcher
The 3M22 Zircon, also spelled Tsirkon, is a Russian scramjet-powered, nuclear-capable hypersonic cruise missile. Produced by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Navy, the missile utilizes the 3S-14
Cruise missile
…A hypersonic cruise missile travels at least five times the speed of sound (Mach 5). 3M22 Zircon (>1000–1500 km) – anti-ship missile ASN4G (Air-Sol Nucléaire de 4e Génération) – scramjet-powered missile being developed by France…