#ThrowbackThursday AGM-86C/D Conventional Air-Launched Cruise Missile... The CALCM is based on the AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile, with its design stemming from the April 1986 raid on Libyan military facilities called Operation Eldorado Canyon. It was developed in secrecy with the goal of accurately striking targets at a standoff distance to protect the “shooters.” Boeing, the developer for the ALCM, redesigned the missile by removing its nuclear warhead and replacing it with a 1,000 conven