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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…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| 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) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Accuracy | Over 95% | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Designed | 1976 | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Designer | General Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl BGT Defence | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Diameter | 127 mm (5 in) (Block 1 missile) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Diameter | 159 mm (6.25 in) (Block 2 missile) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Engine | Hercules/Bermite Mk. 36 solid-fuel rocket | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Guidance system | Three modes: passive radio frequency/infrared homing,infrared only, orinfrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Guidance system | passive radio frequency/infrared homing, | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Guidance system | infrared only, or | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Guidance system | infrared dual mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | In service | 1992–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Launch platform | Mk 144 Guided Missile Launcher (GML) of the Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Length | 2.79 m (9 ft 2 in) (missile) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Manufacturer | General Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl Defence | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Mass | 5,777 kg (12,736 lb) (launcher) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Mass | 73.5 kilograms (162 lb 1 oz) (missile) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Operational range | 9 km (5.6 mi) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Place of origin | Germany and United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Produced | 1985–present | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Propellant | Solid | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Type | SAM-based CIWS | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Unit cost | US$998,000 (FY2014) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Unit cost | US$905,330 (FY2021) (average) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Used by | § Operators | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Variants | § Variants | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Warhead | Blast fragmentation warhead | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Warhead weight | 11.3 kg (24 lb 15 oz) | 1.00 | infobox |
| RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile | Wingspan | 434 mm (17.1 in) | 1.00 | infobox |
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