AGM-86C Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM)
The AGM-86C is a Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) and is a conventional blast/fragmentation derivative of the nuclear armed AGM-86B. The AGM-86D is the Penetrator version of the CALCM which is designed to attack deeply buried targets. In 1996 and 1997, 200 additional CALCMs were produced from excess ALCMs. These missiles, designated Block I, incorporate improvements such as a larger and improved conventional payload (3000 pound blast class), a multi-channel GPS receiver and integration of the buffer box into the GPS receiver. The upgraded avionics package was retrofitted into all existing CALCM (Block 0) so all AGM-86C missiles are electronically identical.
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That wasn’t the AGM-86D. The D model was a penetrator like the description says so that was just a conventional C model. The D model was designed to be a sub-surface detonation when the payload penetrated the target deep enough then it would detonate.
Sweet, wondered how powerful the converted A models were. I retired in 95 when the conversion was still just getting started.