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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile: Characters & Measurement

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…

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RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.

Related topics
84
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
91
Extracted relationships
29
Related term clusters
29
Bridge connections
91

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 22 topics
Operators · 21 topics
Variants · 16 topics
Service · 14 topics
Development · 7 topics
Gallery · 3 topics
General characteristics · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Accuracy
Over 95%
Designed
1976
Designer
General Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl BGT Defence
Diameter
127 mm (5 in) (Block 1 missile) · 159 mm (6.25 in) (Block 2 missile)
Engine
Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 solid-fuel rocket
Guidance system
Three modes: passive radio frequency/infrared homing,infrared only, orinfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing) · passive radio frequency/infrared homing, · infrared only, or · infrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing)

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Development

Service

Variants

General characteristics

Operators

Gallery

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How RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile connects Entity context

The extracted context around RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → infrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing), infrared only, or, passive radio frequency/infrared homing,, Three modes: passive radio frequency/infrared homing,infrared only, orinfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing) Another extracted example is RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → 127 mm (5 in) (Block 1 missile), 159 mm (6.25 in) (Block 2 missile). Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

Top relations

Guidance system · 4
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → infrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing), infrared only, or, passive radio frequency/infrared homing,, Three modes: passive radio frequency/infrared homing,infrared only, orinfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing)
Diameter · 2
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → 127 mm (5 in) (Block 1 missile), 159 mm (6.25 in) (Block 2 missile)
Mass · 2
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → 5,777 kg (12,736 lb) (launcher), 73.5 kilograms (162 lb 1 oz) (missile)
Unit cost · 2
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → US$905,330 (FY2021) (average), US$998,000 (FY2014)
.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → In excess of Mach 2 (1,500 mph; 2,500 km/h)
Accuracy · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → Over 95%
Designed · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → 1976
Designer · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → General Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl BGT Defence
Engine · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 solid-fuel rocket
In service · 1
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → 1992–present

Important terminology

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Important terminology

missile block system ram missiles navy searam launcher raytheon rolling ships phalanx airframe mk combat rim-116 weapon infrared united guided

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile. Examples in this analysis include RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speed → In excess of Mach 2 (1,500 mph; 2,500 km/h) and RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile → Accuracy → Over 95%. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Maximum speedIn excess of Mach 2 (1,500 mph; 2,500 km/h)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileAccuracyOver 95%1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileDesigned19761.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileDesignerGeneral Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl BGT Defence1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileDiameter127 mm (5 in) (Block 1 missile)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileDiameter159 mm (6.25 in) (Block 2 missile)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileEngineHercules/Bermite Mk. 36 solid-fuel rocket1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileGuidance systemThree modes: passive radio frequency/infrared homing,infrared only, orinfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileGuidance systempassive radio frequency/infrared homing,1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileGuidance systeminfrared only, or1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileGuidance systeminfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileIn service1992–present1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileLaunch platformMk 144 Guided Missile Launcher (GML) of the Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileLength2.79 m (9 ft 2 in) (missile)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileManufacturerGeneral Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl Defence1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileMass5,777 kg (12,736 lb) (launcher)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileMass73.5 kilograms (162 lb 1 oz) (missile)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileOperational range9 km (5.6 mi)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissilePlace of originGermany and United States1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileProduced1985–present1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissilePropellantSolid1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileTypeSAM-based CIWS1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileUnit costUS$998,000 (FY2014)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileUnit costUS$905,330 (FY2021) (average)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileUsed by§ Operators1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileVariants§ Variants1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileWarheadBlast fragmentation warhead1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileWarhead weight11.3 kg (24 lb 15 oz)1.00infobox
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe MissileWingspan434 mm (17.1 in)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include General, German and United. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
    • General
    • German
    • United
    • Germany
    • Homing
    • Launcher
    • Raytheon
    • South
    • States
    • Infrared
    • Mk
    • One
  • rim-116 rolling airframe missile
    • Rolling
    • General
    • German
    • South
    • United
    • System
    • Infrared
    • Missile
    • Germany
    • Guided
    • Homing
    • Launcher
  • infrared homing
    • Homing
    • Infrared
    • Guidance
    • Germany
    • South
    • States
    • Missile
    • Anti-ship
    • United
    • Rim-116
    • Rolling
    • System
  • surface-to-air missile
    • Rolling
    • System
    • Infrared
    • Raytheon
    • Guidance
    • Mk
    • Systems
    • United
    • Block
    • Rim-116
    • Missiles
    • Ram
  • ship self-defense system
    • Guidance
    • Germany
    • Weapon
    • Block
    • Ships
    • Launcher
    • Integrated
    • New
    • South
    • States
    • Surface
    • Ship
  • general dynamics
    • Launcher
    • Rim-116
    • Germany
    • New
    • Raytheon
    • Mk
    • Systems
    • United
    • Uss
    • Navy
    • Lb
    • Missile
  • west germany
    • States
    • United
    • Lb
    • Homing
    • New
    • Raytheon
    • Guidance
    • Infrared
    • Mk
    • Rim-116
    • System
    • Launcher
  • uss david r. ray
    • General
    • Launcher
    • Mk
    • United
    • Rim-116
    • Raytheon
    • Lb
    • Searam
    • Ciws
    • German
    • Germany
    • New

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Overview · splits 69 ⟂ 23
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Operators · splits 70 ⟂ 22
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Variants · splits 75 ⟂ 17
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Service · splits 77 ⟂ 15
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Development · splits 84 ⟂ 8
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile — Gallery · splits 88 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile

Nodes92
Edges91
Triples29
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021739
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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