War and Military Atlas

How Battles Were Fought
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Weapons System

ASRAAM

Missiles And Guided Munitions

The Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile, known by its United States designation AIM-132, is an imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile produced by MBDA UK for close-range combat. It serves with the Royal Air Force, where it replaced the AIM-9 Sidewinder, and is designed to let a pilot fire and then break away before an opposing aircraft can close for a shot. The missile flies at over Mach 3 to ranges beyond 25 kilometers and retains 50 g maneuverability from body lift and tail control. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Weapon Class
Imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile 1
Introduced Year
1998 2
Classification
Service Status
In Service 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Guided Missile 1
Connections

Operated By

Source Wikipedia: ASRAAM

Used In

Source Wikipedia: ASRAAM
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ASRAAM
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    is an imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA UK, that is designed for close-range combat.
  • New ASRAAM section
    UK development and manufacture went ahead and the first ASRAAM was delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in late 1998.
  • service status
    It is in service in the Royal Air Force (RAF), replacing the AIM-9 Sidewinder
  • Operated By: Royal Air Force, infobox used_by/operator field: 'Royal Air Force'
  • Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Russo-Ukrainian War
View the Source
2. Wikidata: ASRAAM
Wikidata Q293710, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.