Ship-to-air guided missiles

This article shows the shipboard defence system, the Rolling Airframe Missile(RAM), manufactured by Diehl BGT Defence.

RAM - Rolling Airframe Missile

The RAM guided missile is a shipboard defence system against anti-ship missile attack. The RAM shipboard system consists of under-deck control units and the on-deck missile launcher with 21 RAM missiles ready for firing. In series production, Diehl BGT Defence manufactures and integrates the missile's complete guidance and control group as well as the launcher structure.

RAM is the first missile produced in series with a dual-mode or bi-spectral seeker consisting of a passive radar and a passive IR part. With its imaging IR seeker, the latest version, RAM Block 1, can also engage anti-ship missiles without or with switched-off radar seeker. Furthermore, the new seeker can also engage aircraft, helicopters and small ships.

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