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C-RAM, the Glossary

Counter rocket, artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortars before they hit their targets, or provide early warning.^[1]

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Anti-aircraft guns of the United States
Anti-aircraft warfare
Close-in weapon systems
Land active protection systems
Military robots

Air Defense Command (Israel)

The Israeli Air Defense Command (מערך ההגנה האווירית) is the Israeli Air and Space Force unit responsible for the surface front of Israels air defense, complementing the air defense provided by Fighter squadrons.

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AK-630

The AK-630 is a Soviet and Russian fully automatic naval, rotary cannon, close-in weapon system. C-RAM and aK-630 are close-in weapon systems.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Arrow (missile family)

The Arrow or Hetz (חֵץ) is a family of anti-ballistic missiles designed to fulfill an Israeli requirement for a missile defense system that would be more effective against ballistic missiles than the MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile. C-RAM and Arrow (missile family) are missile defense.

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Arrow 3

The Arrow 3 or Hetz 3 (חֵץ 3) is an exoatmospheric hypersonic anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded, developed and produced by Israel and the United States. C-RAM and Arrow 3 are missile defense.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Australian Army

The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Centurion C-RAM

The Centurion C-RAM, also called the Land Phalanx Weapon System (LPWS), is an American Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) air defense artillery system.

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Close-in weapon system

A close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. C-RAM and close-in weapon system are close-in weapon systems.

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Counter-battery radar

A counter-battery radar or weapon tracking radar is a radar system that detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars or rocket launchers and, from their trajectories, locates the position on the ground of the weapon that fired it.

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David's Sling

David's Sling (Kela David), also formerly known as Magic Wand (Sharvit Ksamim), is an Israel Defense Forces military system jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the American defense contractor Raytheon, that became operational in 2017. C-RAM and David's Sling are missile defense.

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Directed-energy weapon

A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams.

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Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 1

Flugabwehrraketengeschwader 1 "Schleswig-Holstein" (Air Defence Missile Wing 1) or (FlaRakG 1) is a unit of the German Air Force based in Stadum and Husum, Northern Germany.

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Fort Campbell

Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located astride the Kentucky–Tennessee border between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee (post address is located in Kentucky).

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Fort Sill

Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City.

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Forward-looking infrared

Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras, typically used on military and civilian aircraft, use a thermographic camera that senses infrared radiation.

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German Air Force

The German Air Force (lit) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of Germany.

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Goalkeeper CIWS

The Goalkeeper CIWS is a Dutch close-in weapon system (CIWS) introduced in 1979. C-RAM and Goalkeeper CIWS are close-in weapon systems.

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Iron Beam

Iron Beam (קֶרֶן בַּרְזֶל), officially מגן אור,, is a directed-energy weapon air defense system unveiled at the Singapore Airshow on February 11, 2014 by Israeli defense contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. C-RAM and Iron Beam are missile defense.

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Iron Dome

Iron Dome (Kippat Barzel) is an Israeli mobile all-weather air defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries. C-RAM and Iron Dome are missile defense.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym, is the national military of the State of Israel.

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Italian Army

The Italian Army is the land force branch of the Italian Armed Forces.

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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc, headquartered in San Diego, California, is an American technology company with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military electronics.

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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.

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List of defense contractors

A defense contractor is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a military or intelligence department of a government.

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M-940 20mm MPT-SD Round

The M940 MPT-SD (multi-purpose tracer, self-destruct) shell is a 20×102 mm round produced by General Dynamics primarily for an anti-aircraft role.

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M163 VADS

The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army.

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M61 Vulcan

The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 3 rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute). C-RAM and M61 Vulcan are anti-aircraft guns of the United States.

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MANTIS Air Defence System

MANTIS Air Defence System (Modular, Automatic and Network Capable Targeting and Interception System), formerly titled NBS-C-RAM (Nächstbereichschutzsystem Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar), is a very short range air defence protection system of the German Air Force, intended for base-protection. C-RAM and MANTIS Air Defence System are missile defense.

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Mark Thompson (reporter)

Mark Thompson (born 1953) is an American investigative reporter whose work for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram was recognized with the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

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Microwave

Microwave is a form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than other radio waves (as originally discovered) but longer than infrared waves.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.

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Particle beam

A particle beam is a stream of charged or neutral particles.

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People's Liberation Army

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.

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Phalanx CIWS

The Phalanx CIWS is an automated gun-based close-in weapon system to defend military watercraft automatically against incoming threats such as aircraft, missiles, and small boats. C-RAM and Phalanx CIWS are anti-aircraft guns of the United States, close-in weapon systems, military robots and Raytheon Company products.

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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (רפאל - מערכות לחימה מתקדמות בע"מ) is an Israeli defense technology company.

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Raytheon

The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.

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Rheinmetall AG is a German automotive and arms manufacturer, headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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RMMV HX range of tactical trucks

The HX family are a range of purpose-designed tactical military trucks manufactured by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). The HX range was disclosed in 2003, and the first order was placed in 2004. The HX range replaced the earlier FX and LX ranges in production. The HX2 range, which currently complements the original HX range, was announced in 2012.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-RAM

Also known as Counter RAM, Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar-Fire, Counter-RAM.

C-RAM, the Glossary

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See also

Anti-aircraft guns of the United States

Anti-aircraft warfare

Close-in weapon systems

Land active protection systems

Military robots

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