RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
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title:
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
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The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and United States navies. It was originally intended and used primarily as a point-defense weapon against anti-ship missiles. As its name indicates, RAM rolls as it flies. The missile must roll during flight because the RF tracking system uses a two-antenna interferometer that can measure ph
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Small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
date created:
2004-09-04T11:41:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:35:37Z
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