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Ground-Launched AMRAAM
The AIM-120 missile is also used in some ground-launched applications. Norway uses the NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System), which employs the AMRAAM missile from a six-round box launcher. NASAMS became operational in 1995. Although the designation MIM-120A is sometimes quoted for the missiles, this is not an official DOD designation.
AIM-120 (on Hawk launcher)
Beginning in 1995, the U.S. Army evaluated the use of AMRAAM from modified Hawk launchers and from HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) in a system known as HUMRAAM ("Hummer-AMRAAM"). The U.S. Marine Corps version of HUMRAAM was known as CLAWS (Complimentary Low-Altitude Weapon System), and in April 2001 Raytheon received a development and pre-production contract for CLAWS. The system was intended to replace the USMC's retired MIM-23 Hawk system from 2006/2007, but CLAWS was cancelled in 2006.
AIM-120 (on HUMRAAM (CLAWS/SLAMRAAM) launcher)
U.S. Army plans for a ground-based AMRAAM system are called SLAMRAAM (Surface-Launched AMRAAM). The SLAMRAAM system is also based on HMMWV vehicles, and is planned to become operational in 2008. It will replace some of the Army's Avenger air-defense systems, which use the smaller and less capable FIM-92 Stinger missile.
The AIM-120 missile is also used in some ground-launched applications. Norway uses the NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System), which employs the AMRAAM missile from a six-round box launcher. NASAMS became operational in 1995. Although the designation MIM-120A is sometimes quoted for the missiles, this is not an official DOD designation.
AIM-120 (on Hawk launcher)
Beginning in 1995, the U.S. Army evaluated the use of AMRAAM from modified Hawk launchers and from HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) in a system known as HUMRAAM ("Hummer-AMRAAM"). The U.S. Marine Corps version of HUMRAAM was known as CLAWS (Complimentary Low-Altitude Weapon System), and in April 2001 Raytheon received a development and pre-production contract for CLAWS. The system was intended to replace the USMC's retired MIM-23 Hawk system from 2006/2007, but CLAWS was cancelled in 2006.
AIM-120 (on HUMRAAM (CLAWS/SLAMRAAM) launcher)
U.S. Army plans for a ground-based AMRAAM system are called SLAMRAAM (Surface-Launched AMRAAM). The SLAMRAAM system is also based on HMMWV vehicles, and is planned to become operational in 2008. It will replace some of the Army's Avenger air-defense systems, which use the smaller and less capable FIM-92 Stinger missile.