NASAMS
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NASAMS is a short- to medium-range ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and RTX Corporation. The system defends against unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, cru
NASAMS launcher
An AIM-120 dummy missile on a rail extending from the canister
A Spanish NASAMS 2 launcher vehicle during a military parade in 2009
Rheinmetall MSP600 electro-optical sensor
AIM-120 AMRAAM
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The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile is an American beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile capable of all-weather day-and-night operations. It uses active transmit-receive radar guidan
NASAMS
…vehicles (UCAVs), and fixed wing aircraft, firing any of a wide range of existing missiles. NASAMS was the first application of a surface-launched AIM-120 AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile). NASAMS 2 is an upgraded version of the system capable of using Link 16, which has been operational since…
On display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
First successful test at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 1982
Grumman F-14 Tomcat carrying an AMRAAM during a 1982 test
AIM-120 AMRAAM (right) fitted in a weapons bay of a F-22 Raptor