Submarine-launched cruise missiles or SLCM's are cruise missiles that deliver conventional (non-nuclear) payloads and are launched from submarines. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets. A Tomahawk cruise missile A cruise missile is a guided missile which uses a lifting wing and most often a jet propulsion system to allow sustained flight. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Gunter Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter-killer (SSK) submarine Inside of the Argonaute, showing the typical obstructed, tiny space of a post-WWII diesel attack submarine. ...

Many ballistic missile submarines are being retrofitted with new missile tubes capable of firing a large number of cruise missiles to any number of targets. The advantage that the submarines here have over guided missile destroyer and cruiser is the ability to use modern launch systems to fire while submerged. Polish missile wz. ... USS Los Angeles A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. ... modern retro wallpaper Retro, short for retrospective, is a modern term used to describe things from a bygone era. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...

Specific types of SLCMs include:

• Tomahawk missile
• P-700 Granit
• P-500 Bazalt