Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20160612074414/@comment-14850713-20160617155753

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The Advanced Long-range Hypersonic Missile (ALHM) is proving to be a a versatile enough weapon that the High Command has decided to expand its deployment to more delivery systems. After modifications on their internal weapons bays, the Fantome bomber and Paladin heavy aerospace fighter will carry 16 missiles. A new conformal weapons pod (CWP) has been developed for mounting on the smaller aerospace and atmospheric craft (as their weapons bays cannot fit the ALHM), with the Durandal aerospace strike fighter (4 missiles), the Vautour aerospace superiority fighter (2) and the Aigle strike fighter (2) now equipped with a missile that is more advanced and has a much longer range than the Harpoon.

The Ground Forces, on the other hand, is taking deliveries of the ground-launched ALHM, 4 of which will be mounted on a transporter/erector launcher (TEL). Each GL-ALHM battery has 4 TELs and 16 missiles plus support vehicles. These will free up the Mk 8/Mk 16 rail guns from bombardment missions, allowing them to focus more on air/aerospace defense.