BGM-109G Gryphon (Ground Launched Cruise Missile or GLCM)

Ground Launched Cruise Missile, or GLCM, (officially designated BGM-109G Gryphon) was a ground-launched cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last decade of the Cold War.

It was developed as a counter to the mobile medium- and intermediate- range ballistic nuclear missiles deployed by the Soviet Union in Eastern Bloc European countries. The GLCM and the U.S. Army's Pershing II were the incentives that fostered Soviet willingness to sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF treaty), and thus eventually reduced both the number and the threat of nuclear warheads in Europe. GLCM is also a generic term for any ground-launched cruise missile. Since the US deployed only one modern cruise missile in the tactical role, the GLCM name stuck. The GLCM was built by General Dynamics.

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• BGM-109G
• Gryphon
• Ground
• Launched
• Cruise
• Missile
• GLCM
• USAF

[liznthundar]

worked comm maintenance when I was in the Air Force and was stationed in a GLCM unit in Germany from '86-'89. Best place I ever was stationed. I loved that assignment! The females back then didn't give a sh** back then about being PC. Most of us joked with the guys and never took offense to acronyms or jokes.

[StiviGun1]

@ShitFromTransASS Yeah, but Russia is not planning to increase Inskander M's range over 500 km and they're also developing a cruise missile based on Iskander M with a range of 2000 km. That would be a violation of this treaty.

Regarding the BGM-75 AICBM, yes, it was an ICBM project. A very powerful one. The missile would've been able between 10-20 warheads and tens of decoys.

[ShitFromTransASS]

@StiviGun1 If it is intercontinental missile, why not restart it? I was talking about medium range missiles not ICBMs. They posess threat for our world, they must be scrapped according to the treaty.

[StiviGun1]

@ShitFromTransASS "There is nothing wrong if Russia updates ICBM arsenal". Well, then I guess you wouldn't mind if America upgraded its ICBMs arsenal with newer, much more capable ICBM, right? What would you say if they decided to restart the BGM-75 AICBM project?

[Jospehporta]

@StiviGun1 Erm right so reducing the range of the Pershing and equipping it with a conventional warhead would have been good, WHY? Because you think its cool. It's warhead is too small to cause any significant damage, which would make it expensive and useless.

[Jospehporta]

@StiviGun1 It is not against eh treaty to develop new ICBM's have you even read it? I didn't think so.

[StiviGun1]

@ShitFromTransASS missile, although developing the Reduced Range Pershing II missile & equip with conventional warheads as well, not just nuclear ones, would've been a great idea too.

"Soviet Union also wasted a lot of resourses, but they don't cry about that". Don't make me laugh. They cry abt it every day. In specially after the Oka missile. The Russians r nothing but weapons OBSESSED GOONS.

[StiviGun1]

@ShitFromTransASS Russia doesn't update its ICBM arsenal, they're building NEW ICBMs, which violates the terms of the treaty.

"otherwise all those old missiles will become rusted and useless" Really? Then how come the Americans rely on the over 40 years old design Minuteman? How come the Americans can maintain those VERY OLD missiles & the Russians can't maintain their NEWER missiles? Who r u trying 2 sell these bullshits to?

"Oh, poor Pershing!" Actually, I was talking abt the Gryphon cruise

[ShitFromTransASS]

@StiviGun1 "It was always the US that started the talks no nuclear disarmament."

Of course, after they started Cold War and Arms Race and all that nuclear armament. Russians are not those who started nuclear threat.

[StiviGun1]

@ShitFromTransASS nuclear weapons, ha? ANd don't forget that it is Russia, who, despite the fact that they have newer ICBM designs, r now building TWO NEW MORE NUCLEAR ICBMs, the RS-24 and Bulava in complete contradiction with the treaties they have signed. So how is Russia peaceful? All I see is aggression and arming from Russia, no peace initiative what so ever.