RIM-101
{{For|the USAF weapon designated AIM-101|AIM-7 Sparrow}}
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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.Parsch 2002Morison and Rowe 1975, p.216.Andrade 1979, p.235.
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, based on that of the FIM-43 Redeye SAM. 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. However, the RIM-101 project was cancelled early in the design-and-development stage, before any hardware had been built.
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. 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.Parsch 2007
References
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- {{cite book |last1=Andrade |first1=John |title=U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909 |year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications |location=Leicester, UK |isbn=0-904597-22-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KMgAAAAMAAJ&q=RGM-59 |access-date=2011-01-26}}
- {{cite book |last1=Morison |first1=Samuel L. |author2=John S. Rowe |title=The Ships & Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet |edition=10th |year=1975 |publisher=United States Naval Institute |location=Annapolis, MD |isbn=0-87021-639-2}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-101.html |title=RIM-101 |first=Andreas |last=Parsch |year=2002 |work=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles |publisher=designation-systems.net |access-date=2011-01-26}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-7.html |title=Raytheon AIM/RIM-7 Sparrow |first=Andreas |last=Parsch |year=2007 |work=Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles |publisher=designation-systems.net |access-date=2011-01-26}}
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/412015l.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200603/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/412015l.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |title=DOD 4120.15-L: Model Designation of Military Aerospace Vehicles }}
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Category:Naval surface-to-air missiles of the United States
Category:Abandoned military rocket and missile projects of the United States