RIM-101
RIM-101A | |
---|---|
Type | Surface-to-air missile |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designed | 1973 |
Specifications | |
Warhead | PBX-W107 |
Guidance system | Midcouse: semi-active radar homing Terminal: infrared homing |
RIM-101 was a short-lived project by the United States Navy to develop a surface-to-air missile (SAM) for the defense of naval vessels. Developed during the early 1970s, the project, possibly derived from the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, was cancelled before the start of detailed design work.
Development and cancellation
In the early 1970s, the United States Navy initiated a project for the development of a new surface-to-air missile to act as a defense against air and missile attack against its vessels. The project received the planning designation ZRIM-101A in 1973.[1][2][3]
The RIM-101 missile was planned to be a tube-launched weapon, a small ejector charge being used to propel the missile from its launching tube before ignition of a solid-fueled rocket sustainer,[2] based on that of the FIM-43 Redeye SAM.[1] Midcourse guidance of the new missile was planned to be of the semi-active radar homing type, using an I-band radar system, while terminal guidance would be provided by an infrared seeker.[2] However, the RIM-101 project was cancelled early in the design-and-development stage, before any hardware had been built.[1]
It has been speculated that the RIM-101 was intended to be an advanced development of the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile, then in U.S. Navy service as the Basic Point Defense Missile System.[1] While the basic RIM-7 does not match the description of RIM-101, an advanced development of the RIM-7E would fit the timeframe and description, with RIM-7F being developed following the cancellation of RIM-101.[1][4]
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Andrade, John (1979). U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- Morison, Samuel L.; John S. Rowe (1975). The Ships & Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet (10th ed.). Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-639-2.
- Parsch, Andreas (2002). "RIM-101". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- Parsch, Andreas (2007). "Raytheon AIM/RIM-7 Sparrow". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. designation-systems.net. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
External links
- "DOD 4120.15-L: Model Designation of Military Aerospace Vehicles" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007.
- v
- t
- e
- MGM-1
- RIM-2
- MIM-3
- AIM-4
- MGM-5
- RGM-6
- AIM-7
- RIM-8
- AIM-9
- CIM-10
- PGM-11
- AGM-12
- CGM-13/MGM-13
- MIM-14
- RGM-15
- CGM-16
- PGM-17
- MGM-18
- PGM-19
- ADM-20
- MGM-21
- AGM-22
- MIM-23
- RIM-24
- HGM-25A
- AIM-26
- UGM-27
- AGM-28
- MGM-29
- LGM-30
- MGM-31A/B (MGM-31C)
- MGM-32
- MQM-33
- AQM-34
- AQM-35 (I)
- LGM-35 (II)
- MQM-36
- AQM-37
- AQM-38
- MQM-39
- MQM-40
- AQM-41
- MQM-42
- FIM-43
- UUM-44
- AGM-45
- MIM-46
- AIM-47
- AGM-48
- XLIM-49
- LIM-49
- RIM-50
- MGM-51
- MGM-52
- AGM-53
- AIM-54
- RIM-55
- PQM-56
- MQM-57
- MQM-58
- RGM-59
- AQM-60
- MQM-61
- AGM-62
- AGM-63
- AGM-64
- AGM-65
- RIM-66
- RIM-67
- AIM-68
- AGM-69
- LEM-70
- BGM-71
- MIM-72
- UGM-73
- BQM-74
- BGM-75
- AGM-76
- FGM-77
- AGM-78
- AGM-79
- AGM-80
- AQM-81
- AIM-82
- AGM-83
- AGM-84/RGM-84/UGM-84
- RIM-85
- AGM-86
- AGM-87
- AGM-88
- UGM-89
- BQM-90
- AQM-91
- FIM-92
- XQM-93
- YQM-94
- AIM-95
- UGM-96
- AIM-97
- YQM-98
- LIM-99
- LIM-100
- RIM-101
- PQM-102
- AQM-103
- MIM-104
- MQM-105
- BQM-106
- MQM-107
- BQM-108
- BGM-109/AGM-109/RGM-109/UGM-109
- BGM-110
- BQM-111
- AGM-112
- RIM-113
- AGM-114
- MIM-115
- RIM-116
- FQM-117
- LGM-118
- AGM-119
- AIM-120
- CQM-121/CGM-121
- AGM-122
- AGM-123
- AGM-124
- RUM-125/UUM-125
- BQM-126
- AQM-127
- AQM-128
- AGM-129
- AGM-130
- AGM-131
- AIM-132
- UGM-133
- MGM-134
- ASM-135
- AGM-136
- AGM-137
- CEM-138
- RUM-139
- MGM-140
- ADM-141
- AGM-142
- MQM-143
- ADM-144
- BQM-145
- MIM-146
- BQM-147
- FGM-148
- PQM-149
- PQM-150
- See also:
- United States tri-service rocket designations post-1963
- Drones designated in UAV sequence