AIM-120 AMRAAM
Country of origin
United States
United States
ManufacturerRaytheon
The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) ( AM-ram) is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidance instead of semi-active receive-only radar guidance; as an active seeker missile, NATO pilots thus use the brevity code "Fox Three" when firing the AIM-120.
The AMRAAM largely replaced the AIM-7 Sparrow as the principal beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile in US inventory. As of 2008 more than 14,000 had been produced for the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, and 33 international customers. The AMRAAM has been used in several engagements, achieving 16 air-to-air kills in conflicts over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, India, and Syria. In the long term, it is expected to eventually be replaced by the long range AIM-260 JATM in US service and the MBDA Meteor in some European countries.
The AMRAAM largely replaced the AIM-7 Sparrow as the principal beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile in US inventory. As of 2008 more than 14,000 had been produced for the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, and 33 international customers. The AMRAAM has been used in several engagements, achieving 16 air-to-air kills in conflicts over Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, India, and Syria. In the long term, it is expected to eventually be replaced by the long range AIM-260 JATM in US service and the MBDA Meteor in some European countries.
