Description: The RIM-116A Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a lightweight quick-reaction high-firepower anti-ship weapon system jointly developed by the U.S. and German governments. Currently developed as a Block O-type RAM and Block 1-type RAM, the RAMs will be an added asset.
Features: The RIM-116A RAM is designed as an all-weather, high-firepower, low-cost, self-defense system against anti-ship missiles. It uses the infrared seeking of the Stinger missile and the warhead, rocket motor, and fuse from the Sidewinder missile. Due to its high-tech radio-to-infrared frequency guidance system, it requires no shipboard support after the missile is launched. It has been installed on various surface ships like the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) and USS Gunston Hall (LSD-44). The Navy expects to procure approximately 1,000 RAM Block 1 missiles.
Background:The RIM-116A RAM is a joint-venture between the U.S. and German governments. It is currently installed, or planned for installation, on 83 U.S. Navy and 28 German Navy ships.
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Surface-to-air missile
Contractor: Raytheon
Power Plant: Solid-propellant rocket
Length: 9.2 feet (2.80 meters)
Launch Weight: 162 pounds (73.48 kilograms)
Diameter: 5 inches (12.70 centimeters)
Wing Span: 1.4 feet (42.67 centimeters)
Speed: Supersonic
Warhead: 25 pounds (11.36 kilograms), conventional
Unit Cost: Block 0: $273,000; Block 1:$444,000
Date Deployed: Mid-1993
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