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==== RIM-7 E - H ships ====
 
==== RIM-7 E - H ships ====
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7420 Knox class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7348 Knox class]
 
* Midway class
 
* Midway class
 
* Blue Ridge class
 
* Blue Ridge class
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7251 Tarawa class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7187 Tarawa class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7255 Iwo Jima class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7189 Iwo Jima class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/6485 Shirane class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/4606 Shirane class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/778 Iroquis class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/1838 Iroquis class]
  
 
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* Ford class
 
* Ford class
 
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/search?category=real&country=&shipType=&shipClass=spruance&ship=&usage=&author=&startDate=&endDate=&view=&drawing= Spruance class]
 
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/search?category=real&country=&shipType=&shipClass=spruance&ship=&usage=&author=&startDate=&endDate=&view=&drawing= Spruance class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7252 Wasp class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/7188 Wasp class]
 
* America class
 
* America class
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/6753 Bremen class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/6542 Bremen class]
 
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/search?category=&country=&shipType=&shipClass=wielingen&ship=&usage=&author=&startDate=&endDate=&view=&drawing= Wielingen class]
 
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/search?category=&country=&shipType=&shipClass=wielingen&ship=&usage=&author=&startDate=&endDate=&view=&drawing= Wielingen class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2649 Kortenaer class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/3375 Kortenaer class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2658 Tromp class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/3368 Tromp class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/4288 Elli class]
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==== RIM-7 VL ships ====
 
==== RIM-7 VL ships ====
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2656 Karel Doorman class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/3382 Karel Doorman class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/3697 Halifax class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/1477 Halifax class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/6479 Murasame class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/4598 Murasame class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/3647 KDX-1 class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/711 KDX-1 class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/4289 Hydra class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/1513 Hydra class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/5352 Niels Juel class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2801 Niels Juel class]
* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/5314 Flyvefisken]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2776 Iver Huitfeldt class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2799 Absalon class]
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* [http://www.shipbucket.com/drawings/2742 Flyvefisken]
  
 
== Affiliated systems ==  
 
== Affiliated systems ==  

Revision as of 15:58, 4 February 2019

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History

The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile was developed in the early 1960's as an lightweight point defence missile that could be fitted on new and existing ships both. It originally used the then current AIM-7E missile and an adapted form of the ASROC launcher (the Mk 25 GMLS) in the BPDMS system. This resulted in the RIM-7E Sea Sparrow. This setup was tested in 1967 and operational in 1968. The installation was considered somewhat too large for use on all ships, so more development was required. While the Sea Sparrow development followed the same improvements as the AIM-7, an reform was required.

This was found in the development of NATO Sea Sparrow, resulting in the IBPDMS system using the Mk 29 GMLS and the RIM-7H missile. The RIM-7H had folding wings, so could be fitted in the new smaller launcher, and had an modified seeker that worked to work with a variety of guidance radars, including those being used by other NATO navies. Production began in 1973.

in 1983 the further improved RIM-7M entered operational service. The M included a new monopulse radar seeker that allowed it to be shot downward from a higher-altitude aircraft at a target otherwise masked by the ground. The new model also included a completely computerized guidance system that could be updated in the field, as well as further reducing weight for yet another warhead upgrade. The computerized guidance system also included a simple autopilot that allowed the missile to continue flying toward the last known target location even with the loss of a signal, allowing the launch platform to break lock for short periods while the missile was in flight. All of these modifications also improved performance against low-altitude sea-skimming targets as well.

A final upgrade to the Sparrow was the AIM-7P, which replaced the M's guidance system with an improved model that allowed mid-course upgrades to be sent from the launching platform via new rear-mounted antennas. For air-to-air use this allowed the missile to be "lofted" above the target and then be directed down towards it as it approached; this gives the missile greater range as it spends more time in thinner high-altitude air. In naval use, this meant it could also be directly guided against small surface targets that would otherwise not show up well on radar, allowing the ship's more powerful search radars to provide guidance until the missile approached the target and the reflected signal grew stronger. This also gave the Sea Sparrow a very useful secondary anti-shipping role that allows it to attack smaller boats.

After the USAF moved away from the Sparrow in 1996, the naval version would no longer get advantages from the connections with the air force version. because of that, the RIM-7R ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile) was proposed, which optimised the missile for naval use only. This variant would be so different, it got an new designation, RIM-162 ESSM

Used on

RIM-7 E - H ships

RIM-7M + ships

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RIM-7 VL ships

Affiliated systems

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Part description

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-7_Sea_Sparrow