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{{short description|Small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile}}
{{For|the earlier weapon named Ram|Ram (rocket)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name               = RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
| image              = [[File:USS New Orleans (LPD-18) launches RIM-116 missile 2013.jpg|border|300px]]
| caption            = A RIM-116 being launched from {{USS|New Orleans|LPD-18|6}} in 2013
| origin             = Germany and United States
| type               = [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]]-based [[Close-in weapon system|CIWS]]
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| service            = 1992–present
| used_by            = {{section link||Operators}}
| wars               = <!-- Production history -->
| designer           = [[General Dynamics]] (now [[Raytheon]]) and [[Diehl BGT Defence]]
| design_date        = 1976
| manufacturer       = General Dynamics (now Raytheon) and Diehl Defence
| unit_cost          = {{ubl
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 | US$905,330 <small>(FY2021)</small> (average)
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| production_date    = 1985–present
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| filling            = Blast fragmentation warhead
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| primary_armament   = 21 Rolling Airframe Missiles
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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 Navy|German]], [[Japanese Navy|Japanese]], [[Hellenic Navy|Greek]], [[Turkish Navy|Turkish]], [[Republic of Korea Navy|South Korean]], [[Royal Saudi Navy|Saudi Arabian]], [[Egyptian Navy|Egyptian]], [[Mexican Navy|Mexican]], [[United Arab Emirates Navy|UAE]], and [[United States Navy|United States]] navies. It was originally intended and used primarily as a [[point-defence|point-defense]] weapon against [[anti-ship missile]]s. As its name indicates, RAM [[Aircraft_principal_axes|rolls]] as it flies. The missile must roll during flight because the RF tracking system uses a two-antenna interferometer that can measure phase interference of the electromagnetic wave in one plane only. The rolling interferometer permits the antennas to look at all planes of incoming energy. In addition, because the missile rolls, only one pair of steering canards is required.<ref>{{cite web |last=Elko |first=Emily C. |last2=Howard |first2=James W. |last3=Kochansk |first3=Richard C. |last4=Nguyen |first4=Thu-Phuong T. |last5=Sanders |first5=William M. |title=Rolling Airframe Missile: Development, Test, Evaluation, and Integration |url=https://www.jhuapl.edu/Content/techdigest/pdf/V22-N04/22-04-Elko.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115235051/https://secwww.jhuapl.edu/techdigest/Content/techdigest/pdf/V22-N04/22-04-Elko.pdf |archive-date=15 January 2024 |access-date=9 March 2021 |website=Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest, Volume 22, Number 4 (2001)}}</ref> {{asof|2005}}, it is the only U.S. Navy missile to operate in this manner.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet|author=Norman Polmar|publisher=The Naval Institute|year= 2005|page=519}}</ref>

The Rolling Airframe Missiles, together with the Mk 49 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) and support equipment, make up the RAM Mk 31 Guided Missile Weapon System (GMWS). The Mk-144 Guided Missile Launcher (GML) unit weighs {{convert|5777|kg|lb}} and stores 21 missiles. The original weapon cannot employ its own sensors prior to firing, so it must be integrated with a ship's combat system, which directs the launcher at targets. On U.S. ships, it is integrated with the AN/SWY-2 Ship Defense Surface Missile System (SDSMS) and [[Ship Self-Defense System]] (SSDS) Mk 1 or Mk 2-based combat systems. SeaRAM, a launcher variant equipped with independent sensors derived from the [[Vulcan Phalanx]] [[CIWS]], is being installed on [[Littoral Combat Ship]]s and certain {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|1}}s.

==Development==
The RIM-116 was developed by [[General Dynamics]] Pomona and Valley Systems divisions under a July 1976 agreement with Denmark and [[West Germany]] (the General Dynamics missile business was later acquired by [[Hughes Aircraft]] and is today part of [[Raytheon]]). Denmark dropped out of the program, but the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] joined in as the major partner. The Mk 49 launcher was evaluated on board the destroyer {{USS|David R. Ray|DD-971|6}} in the late 1980s.<ref name=a/> The first 30 missiles were built in [[Fiscal year|FY]]85, and they became operational on 14 November 1992, onboard {{USS|Peleliu|LHA-5|6}}.
	
SeaRAM was developed in response to concerns about the performance of gun-based systems against modern supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missiles. It was designed as a companion self-defense system to Phalanx.<ref name="SeaRAM datasheet">Raytheon. [http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/rtnwcm/groups/rms/documents/content/rtn_rms_ps_searam_datasheet.pdf SeaRAM datasheet].</ref>

==Service==
The RIM-116 is in service on several [[United States Navy|American]] and 30 German warships. All newly laid [[German Navy]] warships will be equipped with the RAM, such as the modern {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|2}}<nowiki/>s, which mount two RAM launchers per ship. The [[Hellenic Navy|Greek Navy]] has equipped the new Super Vita–class fast attack craft with the RAM. South Korea has signed license-production contracts for their navy's [[KDX-II]], [[KDX-III]], and {{sclass|Dokdo|amphibious assault ship|2}}<nowiki/>s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lignex1.com:8001/eng/business/business02_03_13.jsp |title=PGM—Precision Guided Munitions |publisher=LigNex1.com |access-date=31 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927120828/http://www.lignex1.com:8001/eng/business/business02_03_13.jsp |archive-date=27 September 2015  }}</ref>

===U.S. Navy===
The U.S. Navy plans to purchase a total of about 1,600 RAMs and 115 launchers to equip 74 ships. The missile is currently active aboard {{sclass|Gerald R. Ford|aircraft carrier|2}}<nowiki/>s, {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|2}}<nowiki/>s, {{sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship|2}}<nowiki/>s, {{sclass|America|amphibious assault ship|2}}<nowiki/>s, {{sclass|San Antonio|amphibious transport dock|2}} ships, {{sclass|Whidbey Island|dock landing ship|2}}<nowiki/>s, {{sclass|Harpers Ferry|dock landing ship|2}}<nowiki/>s, and [[Littoral combat ship|littoral combat ships (LCS)]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2012 |title=Enterprise Sailors onload a RAM launcher |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0CPTI3ndlA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/d0CPTI3ndlA |archive-date=7 November 2021 |website=YouTube |publisher=U.S. Navy |format=video}}</ref>

==Variants==
[[File:RIM-116 Loading.jpg|thumb|Sailors handle the rolling airframe missile system aboard the ''Nimitz''-class aircraft carrier {{USS|Harry S. Truman|CVN-75|6}}.]]
[[File:USS Theodore Roosevelt conducts a live-fire exercise.jpg|thumb|The aircraft carrier {{USS|Theodore Roosevelt|CVN-71|6}} launches a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM).]]

=== Block 0 ===

The original version of the missile, called ''Block 0'', is based on the [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] air-to-air missile, whose [[rocket engine|rocket motor]], [[fuze]], and [[warhead]] are used. Block 0 missiles were designed to initially home in on radiation emitted from a target (such as the active radar of an incoming [[anti-ship missile]]), switching to an [[infrared homing|infrared seeker]] derived from that of the [[FIM-92 Stinger]] missile for terminal guidance. In test firings, the Block 0 missiles achieved hit rates of over 95%.

===Block 1===
The ''Block 1'' (RIM-116B) is an improved version of the RAM missile that adds an overall infrared-only guidance system that enables it to intercept missiles that are not [[active radar homing|emitting any radar signals]]. The Block 0's radar [[homing (missile guidance)|homing]] capabilities have been retained.

===Block 2===
The ''Block 2'' (RIM-116C) is an upgraded version of the RAM missile aimed at more effectively countering more maneuverable anti-ship missiles through a four-axis independent control actuator system, increased rocket motor capability to 6.25&ndash;inch diameter, an improved passive radio frequency seeker and upgraded components of the infrared seeker, and advanced kinematics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=31 August 2021 |title=RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) |url=https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168961/rim-116-rolling-airframe-missile-ram/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.navy.mil%2FResources%2FFact-Files%2FDisplay-FactFiles%2FArticle%2F2168961%2Frim-116-rolling-airframe-missile-ram%2F |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009175342/https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/2168961/rim-116-rolling-airframe-missile-ram/ |archive-date=9 October 2023 |access-date=13 October 2022 |website=U.S. Navy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |date=11 June 2015 |title=Navy Declares IOC On Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 |url=https://news.usni.org/2015/06/11/navy-declares-ioc-on-rolling-airframe-missile-block-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104113143/https://news.usni.org/2015/06/11/navy-declares-ioc-on-rolling-airframe-missile-block-2 |archive-date=4 January 2024 |website=U.S. Naval Institute}}</ref> On 8 May 2007, the U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Missile Systems a $105 million development contract. Development was expected to be completed by December 2010. LRIP began in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2012 |title=Raytheon's RAM Strikes Twice During Back-to-Back Tests |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raytheons-ram-strikes-twice-during-back-to-back-tests-138315729.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922103415/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/raytheons-ram-strikes-twice-during-back-to-back-tests-138315729.html |archive-date=22 September 2018 |website=PR Newswire}}</ref> 

51 missiles were initially ordered. On 22 October 2012, the RAM Block 2 completed its third guided test vehicle flight, firing two missiles in a salvo and directly hitting the target, to verify the system's command and control capabilities, kinematic performance, guidance system, and airframe capabilities. Raytheon was scheduled to deliver 25 Block 2 missiles during the program's integrated testing phase.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2012 |title=RAM Block 2 Missile Successful in Double-fire Test |url=https://www.deagel.com/news/RAM-Block-2-Missile-Successful-in-Double-fire-Test_n000010862.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818130354/http://www.deagel.com/news/RAM-Block-2-Missile-Successful-in-Double-fire-Test_n000010862.aspx |archive-date=18 August 2017 |website=deagel.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=12 August 2013 |title=Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 completes initial fleet firing |url=http://www.defencetalk.com/rolling-airframe-missile-block-2-completes-initial-fleet-firing-48701/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621210307/https://www.defencetalk.com/rolling-airframe-missile-block-2-completes-initial-fleet-firing-48701/ |archive-date=21 June 2023 |website=DefenceTalk}}</ref> The Block 2 RAM was delivered to the U.S. Navy in August 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2014 |title=Raytheon delivers first Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missiles to US Navy |url=https://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2634 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129045137/https://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2634 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |website=Raytheon}}</ref> with 502 missiles to be acquired from 2015 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 May 2014 |title=Navy to Accept New Rolling Airframe Missile |url=https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2014/05/19/navy-to-accept-new-rolling-airframe-missile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904065003/https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2014/05/19/navy-to-accept-new-rolling-airframe-missile |archive-date=4 September 2019 |website=military.com}}</ref> [[Initial_operating_capability|Initial Operational Capability]] (IOC) for the Block 2 RAM was achieved on 15 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2015 |title=US Navy Declares Initial Operational Capability for New Rolling Airframe Missile RAM Block 2 |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2726 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622104338/http://navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2726 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |website=Navy Recognition}}</ref>

In early 2018 the U.S. State Department approved the sale of RIM-116 Block II to the [[Mexican Navy]] for use on their future [[Sigma-class design]] frigates, the first of which was jointly built by [[Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding]] and launched in November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kelly |first=Fergus |date=8 January 2018 |title=US approves sale of missiles, torpedoes and ammunition to Mexico for new Dutch-built naval vessel |url=https://thedefensepost.com/2018/01/08/us-mexico-missiles-torpedoes-ammunition-new-patrol-vessel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621210256/https://www.thedefensepost.com/2018/01/08/us-mexico-missiles-torpedoes-ammunition-new-patrol-vessel/ |archive-date=21 June 2023 |website=The Defense Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 November 2018 |title=SEMAR Commemorates the ''Day of the Navy of Mexico'' with the Launch and Flagging of the First Long Range Oceanic Patrol Ship |url=https://www.defense-aerospace.com/mexican-navy-launches-opv-reformador/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116002359/https://www.defense-aerospace.com/mexican-navy-launches-opv-reformador/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |website=Defense-Aerospace}}</ref>

===HAS mode===
In 1998, a [[memorandum of understanding]] was signed by the defense departments of Germany and the United States to improve the system so that it could also engage so-called "HAS", '''H'''elicopter, '''A'''ircraft, and '''S'''urface targets. As developed, the ''HAS'' upgrade just required software modifications that can be applied to all Block 1 RAM missiles.

===SeaRAM weapon system{{anchor|SeaRAM (weapon system)}}===
[[File:SeaRAM 1.jpg|thumb|upright|SeaRAM]]
<!-- This section is linked from [[Phalanx CIWS]] -->

The SeaRAM combines the radar and [[Electro-optics|electro-optical]] system<ref name=a/> of the [[Phalanx CIWS]] Mk-15 Block 1B (CRDC) with an 11-cell RAM launcher to produce an autonomous system—one which does not need any external information to engage threats. Like the Phalanx, SeaRAM can be fitted to any class of ship.  Due to the common mounting, SeaRAM inherits the relatively easy installation characteristics of its gun-based sibling, with Raytheon stating that SeaRAM "fits the exact shipboard installation footprint of the Phalanx, uses the same power and requires minimal shipboard modification". In 2008, the first SeaRAM system was delivered to be installed on {{USS|Independence|LCS-2|6}}''.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2008 |title=Raytheon Delivers SeaRAM to USS Independence |url=https://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=941 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128181213/https://raytheon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=941 |archive-date=28 November 2022 |access-date=15 September 2010 |website=Raytheon}}</ref> 

{{as of|December 2013}}, one SeaRAM is fitted to each ''Independence''-class vessel.<ref name="Navtech">{{cite web |title=Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) High-Speed Surface Ship |url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/littoral/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123153534/https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/littoral/ |archive-date=23 November 2023 |access-date=14 December 2013 |website=Naval Technology}}</ref> In late 2014, the Navy revealed it had chosen to install the SeaRAM on its [[Littoral combat ship#Small surface combatant (SSC)|Small Surface Combatant]] LCS follow-on ships.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Osborn |first=Kris |date=11 December 2014 |title=Hagel Approves Navy’s Proposal to Build More Lethal LCS Variant |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/11/hagel-approves-navys-proposal-to-build-more-lethal-lcs-variant.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107003619/https://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/11/hagel-approves-navys-proposal-to-build-more-lethal-lcs-variant.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=1 |archive-date=7 January 2023 |website=military.com}}</ref> Beginning in November 2015, the Navy will complete installation of a SeaRAM on the first of four {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|2}}<nowiki/>s patrolling within the [[U.S. 6th Fleet]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eckstein |first=Megan |date=15 September 2015 |title=Navy Integrating SeaRAM on Rota-Based DDGs; First Installation Complete In November |url=https://news.usni.org/2015/09/15/navy-integrating-searam-on-rota-based-ddgs-first-installation-complete-in-November |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013162651/https://news.usni.org/2015/09/15/navy-integrating-searam-on-rota-based-ddgs-first-installation-complete-in-November |archive-date=13 October 2023 |website=U.S. Naval Institute}}</ref> The SeaRAM will equip the [[Royal Saudi Navy]]'s multi-mission surface combat (MMSC) based on the {{sclass|Freedom|littoral combat ship}}s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cavas |first=Christopher P. |date=20 October 2015 |title=US OKs Potential $11.25B Saudi Deal for LCS Variant |url=https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2015/10/20/us-oks-potential-11-25b-saudi-deal-for-lcs-variant/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211018202622/https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2015/10/20/us-oks-potential-11-25b-saudi-deal-for-lcs-variant/ |archive-date=18 October 2021 |website=Defense News}}</ref>

==General characteristics==
Primary function: Surface-to-air missile
<br />
Contractor: [[Raytheon]], [[Diehl BGT Defence]]
<br />
<br />
'''Block 1'''
* Length: {{convert|2.79|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
* Diameter: {{convert|127|mm|abbr=on}}
* Fin span: {{convert|434|mm|ftin|abbr=on}}
* Speed: Mach 2.0+
* Warhead: {{convert|11.3|kg|lb|1|abbr=on|adj=on}} blast fragmentation
* Launch weight: {{convert|73.5|kg|abbr=on}}
* Range: {{convert|10|km|abbr=on|}}
* Guidance system: three modes—passive radio frequency/infrared homing, infrared only, or infrared dual-mode enabled (radio frequency and infrared homing)
* Unit cost: $998,000
* Date deployed: 1992
<br />
'''Block 1A'''<ref name=":0" />
* Length: {{convert|9.3|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
* Diameter: {{convert|5|in|cm|2|abbr=on}}
* Wingspan: {{convert|17.5|in|cm|2|abbr=on}}
* Weight: {{convert|164|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}
* Date deployed: August 1999
<br />
'''Block 2'''<ref name=":0" />
* Length: {{convert|9.45|ft|m|2|abbr=on}}
* Diameter: {{convert|6.25|in|cm|2|abbr=on}}
* Wingspan: {{convert|12.65|in|cm|2|abbr=on}}
* Weight: {{convert|194.4|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}
* Date deployed: May 2015

==Operators==

===Current operators===
[[File:RIM-116 operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with RIM-116 operators in blue]]
* {{EGY}}
* {{GER}}
* {{GRE}}
* {{JPN}}<ref name="military-today">{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/izumo_class.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130813132759/http://www.military-today.com/navy/izumo_class.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=13 August 2013 |title=SeaRAM, Close-In Weapon System—Japanese Example Ship|publisher=military-today.com |access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref>
* {{MEX}}<ref name="navaltoday">{{cite web|url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/10/23/raytheon-delivers-ram-launcher-for-mexican-navy-pola-opv/ |title=Raytheon delivers RAM launcher for Mexican Navy POLA OPV|date=23 October 2018|publisher=navaltoday.com |access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>
* {{QAT}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chin |first1=Jeremy |title=Germany Approves Sale of RAM to Qatar |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/germany-approves-sale-of-ram-to-qatar/ |website=CSIS Missile Threat |access-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202090344/https://missilethreat.csis.org/germany-approves-sale-of-ram-to-qatar/ |archive-date=2 February 2019 |date=28 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> 
* {{KOR}}
* {{KSA}}
* {{TUR}}
* {{UAE}}
* {{USA}}

===Future operators===
The [[Dutch Ministry of Defence]] announced on 14 January 2021 that it wants to purchase the Rolling Airframe Missile to upgrade several of its ships, including the [[amphibious transport dock|landing platform docks]] [[HNLMS Rotterdam (L800)|HNLMS ''Rotterdam'']] and [[HNLMS Johan de Witt (L801)|HNLMS ''Johan de Witt'']], the support ship [[HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833)|HNLMS ''Karel Doorman'']] and its new anti-submarine warfare frigates.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 January 2021 |title=Dutch Navy replacing Goalkeeper CIWS with RAM missile, DART projectile combo |url=https://defbrief.com/2021/01/15/dutch-navy-replacing-goalkeeper-ciws-with-ram-missile-dart-projectile-combo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929101313/https://defbrief.com/2021/01/15/dutch-navy-replacing-goalkeeper-ciws-with-ram-missile-dart-projectile-combo/ |archive-date=29 September 2023 |access-date=6 October 2023 |website=Defense Brief}}</ref>

The Canadian Government on 28 June 2024 when announcing the {{sclass2|River|destroyer|1||2030s}}s published a fact sheet that showed the Rolling Airframe Missile. Replacing the previously selected [[CAMM (missile family)|CAMM]] for the close in defence role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |date=28 June 2024 |title=River-Class Destroyer Fact Sheet |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/fleet-units/surface/river-class-destroyer/fact-sheet.html |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=www.canada.ca}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px">
File:US Navy 090929-N-2515C-443 The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fires a surface-to-air intercept missile from the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher during Combat System Ship Qualification Trials off t.jpg|A Rolling Airframe Missile fired from {{USS|Green Bay|LPD-20|6}}
File:RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Launcher 3.jpg|RAM Launcher on {{sclass|Gepard|fast attack craft}} ''Ozelot'' of the [[German Navy]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
*{{lwc|Barak-1}}
*{{lwc|HQ-10}}
*{{lwc|Sea Oryx}}
*{{lwc|Sea Wolf missile}}
*{{lwc|Umkhonto missile}}
*{{lwc|ASELSAN Göksur}} - (Turkey)
*{{lwc|Roketsan LEVENT}} - (Turkey)

==References==
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*{{cite book |last=Norman |first=Polmar |title=The Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet |edition=[[Hardcover]], 18th |date=15 January 2005 |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute|Naval Institute Press]] |location=[[Annapolis, Maryland]] |isbn=978-1-59114-685-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/navalinstitutegu0018polm/page/519 519] |url=https://archive.org/details/navalinstitutegu0018polm/page/519 }}
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== External links ==
{{commons|RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060310234834/http://www.waffenhq.de/schiffe/rim-116ram.htm RIM-116 RAM—Rolling Airframe Missile]—waffenHQ.de
* [http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-116.html Raytheon (General Dynamics) RIM-116 RAM—Designation Systems]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080908012718/http://www.diehl-bgt.de/index.php?id=559&L=1 RAM on the Homepage of German developer and manufacturer Diehl BGT] {{in lang|en}}

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