RAM Greatest Hits

[openmikescene]

Upside: the music the launcher plays will cheer up our sailors

Downside: how much lethality is demonstrated by some of those hits? Some drones appear pretty unfazed.

[pushitgently001p]

Basically a buch of Stinger missiles packed inside a canister and put a new name "RIM" very impressive indeed

[DoNotCiv]

I think the German's were the first to use roll stabilization in WW2.

[turkeyman42]

But. will it blend?

[HaraldMustafah]

They see me rolling... they hating

[sangolt88]

How good is it against small missiles at low altitude?

[Corolla35]

No wonder the defence budget is so big. those things cost a fortune each!!

[Robbob9933]

@Corolla35 The cost is much lower than people talk about. The 400K was for the initial productino runb wich included all developmental costs. The true cost is around 85K.

[1pa2ch]

@Robbob9933 Only 85K?? I want that thing in my back garden! No, let's put it in front!

[44bgood]

@Corolla35 When you consider the consequences of losing an aircraft carrier instead, a couple hundred thousand isn't so much....

[stalkingalizee]

Seemed to miss in most of the close ups.

[MrGreenTrees420]

without the music next time please

[bramieb]

We are the navy, we shoot at nothing its our hobby ya know.

[RRVCrinale]

Nice editing. Almost like the missileer's answer to the 1812 Overture and its cannons.

[stalkingalizee]

Works great against pirates and Iranian FACs too. Heads straight for the engine.

[Yakko77]

I just hope this thing is more reliable than the older Phalanx 20mm CIWS (Captain It Wont Shoot). Our and allied ships need better protection against anti-ship missiles. Hopefully this system provides that protection.

[vanwahlgren]

this is essentially an upgraded stinger missile. the navy needs some protection against anti ship missiles. Hope it works at $440k per pop! If one antiaircraft missile hits the carrier then $20bil ship disabled.. navy puts all its eggs in one basket..

[gpgab971]

@vanwahlgren There is a whole lot more baskets under the sea that far surpass a mere 20b.

[sakoshooter48]

@vanwahlgren Each missile does not cost $440K per. Where do you guys get your goddamn facts from anyway, Crackerjacks!?

[sakoshooter48]

Respond to this video...  $20B for a carrier, oh Jesus Christ!!!!! STFU!

[TyphoonUSSR]

At 1.49 the missile is missed. Did not work fuses and had to forcibly blow the charge. The explosion occurred when the rocket has already flown past the goal!

[Robbob9933]

@TyphoonUSSR You need better eyes. The RAM expolded on contact at teh back end of the drone about 3 feet from the ass end.

[TyphoonUSSR]

Is this microbe can destroy rocket Moskit (SS-N-22 Sunburn), which weighs several tons, has a titanium armor and fly three times faster than sound? She even plywood plane was unable to completely destroy (1.49). Again robbed the German taxpayer.

[95predator]

this is total pwnage, germany uses it on all frigates down to the fac and plans to equip the berlin replenishemetn ships with it.

in combination with mlg27 its a big deal to hir such a ship.

[MondoMedia7]

i wonder how many muslims it could kill

[pwnage0013]

not nearly enough

[swertinge07]

Idiot 2...

[pwnage0013]

or maybe YOU are the idiot.

[swertinge07]

Idiot...

[MondoMedia7]

Okay I wonder how many "lulus" it will kill!

(note: A "lulu" is an Arab trying to kill themselves for the cause of Mohammad. If you say that word "lulu" many times in succession fast, you will be making their war cry)

[pwnage0013]

(laughing my ass off at what Mondomedia7 said)

[swedishvolvo]

These missiles are the last line of defense for a ship. You better pray to god they hid the incoming missile.

[carlosdanh]

TA CHIDO

[stalkingalizee]

I love videos like this! I wish they would get one this good for Kinzhal.

[savannahblk]

a slow moving 1960's based technology iranian modified anti ship missile hit a modern israeli ship; so how can this deal with modern,faster missiles. Yet alone with more than 1 missile launced toward a ship.

[Magni56]

It was able to take down low-flying target drones doing Mach 2.5 with a to-hit-rate of over 90% in the tests.

And, of course, the launcher holds 21 missiles and most ships have 2 launchers. And the longer ranged stuff, as RAM is a close-in defence.

[Spamostoc]

It's not about making an invincible field around the ship but just holding them off long enough to counter-attack. Ideally, you attack them first and don't give them a chance to fire back in the first place.

[Ben1728]

The israelian frigate deactivated their protection system, they feared to hit their own aircrafts.

It was an advanced chinese anti-ship missle by the way.

[risc1979]

what is the music title?

[wenjilu]

Try keep the camera still next time guys.

[apoure25]

it would be hard to hit a ship that has both RAM and phalanx

[syamsitemperor]

i think they are for "small range missile defence": crotale has 10 km in range (source: marine nationale site), seawolf has range 6,5km and 10km for its VLS version (source: RN's site), compare with RAM which has range 5nm to 10nm (9km to 18km)- depends on the block (according to some sources in the internet)

[syamsitemperor]

can we compare it with french crotale or with RN's seawolf or with russian kinzhal/klinok? if it does, which is better & why?

[agore308]

Cool fact: in every test the RAM has a 100% interception rate.  Never failed once in a test, even against supersonic drones smaller and harder to detect than the Sunburn missiles.

[Magni56]

Not exactly. The two big batches of tests by the USN have sucess rates of "just" 95%/96.5%.

[hbkfitz]

that means for every 50 2 will miss and the launcher has 21 missiles so im guessing its good

[GuaranaClyde]

@agore308 Not that hard when you can fire a Macross Missile Massacre to a target.

[Rileyman2rr]

@agore308 I think they rate them as 95% to cover their asses in case of a failed intercept. It is also unsafe to assume that ever single missile is going to hit and work ever single time. I don't doubt its reliability and capability, which are both impressive and broad respectively. Shame those CWIS guns are going out though, I liked how those sounded.

[lorez201]

@agore308 That is a cool fact. Thank you.

[FistOfNorthStar3]

it rolls to stabilize flight path

[44bgood]

@FistOfNorthStar3 This is a common misconception....

[FistOfNorthStar3]

@44bgood "The missile is so-named because it rolls around its longitudinal axis to stabilize its flight path, much like a bullet fired from a rifled barrel. It is the only US Navy Missile to operate in this manner."

[TAHAKOM]

What is the use of Rolling ???

[jayzee1980]

The missile is rolling to the target.

[IPAColosseum]

It spins in flight to stabilize itself.

[IPAColosseum]

It spins in flight to stabilize itself.

[mitchell600]

@TAHAKOM Better precision towards the target, shells do this aswell.

[Parrotguy1999]

@TAHAKOM Rolling stabilises it in flight. It's like a bullet from a gun spinning as it moves forward. This is the only US missile to be stabilised that way, hence the name.

[agwhitaker]

@TAHAKOM Stability.

Any cylindrical body flies a straighter ballistic path if it rotates on it's axis.

Notice how gun barrels have rifling?

[bobbybolan]

glorifing death with these killing machines tut tut when will humans ever learn? - NEVER!

[islandcaptain]

I would point out to you that this is a defensive weapon, not an offensive one.

[999videos]

Aren't they always haha.

[rap9206]

bobbybolan so what are YOU going to use against an attacking force? Bad words??

[VNOTs413]

instead of bad words you could use a cruise missile.

[IPAColosseum]

It's a point defense weapon for shooting down incoming missiles. RAM saves lives. But I wouldn't expect an idiot like you to know anything about it.

[amax02]

Hey! Good song choice! I loved playing Zamba!

[tacio25]

I was a RAM Tech in the NAVY. Pretty good system!