AIM-120 AMRAAM
«AMRAAM»
Air-to-air (AAM)BVRAAM — beyond visual rangeUnited States1991In service
Western BVRAAM standard: active-radar fire-and-forget, also fielded in NASAMS surface launchers.
Air-to-air (AAM)//BVRAAM — beyond visual range
ID — AIM-120-AMRAAMUnited States · Raytheon
AIM-120 AMRAAM
AMRAAM
Western BVRAAM standard: active-radar fire-and-forget, also fielded in NASAMS surface launchers.
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Identity
- Designation
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- Alias
- AMRAAM
- Manufacturer
- Raytheon
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 1991
- Category
- Air-to-air (AAM)
- All sub-types
- BVRAAM — beyond visual range
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 180 km
- Top speed
- Mach 4
- Guidance
- INS + datalink + radar attivo X-band terminale
- Warhead
- HE-frag 18-22 kg
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- F-15/16/18/22/35, Typhoon, Gripen — NASAMS terrestre
- Length
- 3.66 m
- Launch weight
- 152 kg
Combat use
- ▸Bosnia 1992-1995 — first kill by USAF F-16 (later variant).
- ▸Iraq 1991-2003 — multiple BVR engagements.
- ▸Syria 2017 — USS George H.W. Bush F/A-18E shoots down Syrian Su-22.
- ▸Ukraine 2022-2024 — NASAMS with AIM-120 shoot down dozens of cruise missiles and Shahed drones.
Main operators
United StatesNATOJapanSouth KoreaAustraliaTaiwanUkraine
History
Developed in the 1980s to replace the semi-active AIM-7 Sparrow, AMRAAM entered service in 1991 introducing the terminal active radar that frees the fighter immediately after launch (fire-and-forget).
Subsequent variants (B, C-3/4/5/6/7/8, D, D-3) extended range from 50 to over 180 km. It is also the missile in the NASAMS SAM battery — used by the US, Norway, Ukraine and the defence of Washington DC.
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