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{{Short description|Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile      = yes
|name            = ASRAAM
|image           = AIM-132 ASRAAM.jpg
|image_size      = 300px
|caption         = ASRAAM at [[ILA Berlin Air Show|ILA 2006]]
|origin          = United Kingdom
|type            = *ASRAAM: [[Air-to-air missile#Short-range air-to-air missile|Short-range air-to-air missile]]
*Raven: [[Short range air defense|Short-range]] [[surface-to-air missile]] system<ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System"/> 
|used_by         = *[[Royal Air Force]]
* [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]
* [[Indian Air Force]]
*[[Royal Australian Air Force]] (historical)
|manufacturer    = [[MBDA UK]]
|unit_cost       = >£200,000
| wars               = [[Russo-Ukrainian War]] (Raven)<ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System"/>
|propellant      = 
|production_date = 
|service         = 1998
|engine          = Dual-burn, high-impulse solid rocket motor<ref>{{Citation | contribution = Asraam | contribution-url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/asraam.cfm | publisher = MoD | title = RAF | access-date = 29 May 2014 | archive-date = 19 February 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070219172839/http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/asraam.cfm | url-status = live }}.</ref>
|engine_power    = 
|weight          = {{convert|88|kg|abbr=on}}
|length          = {{convert|2.90|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|height          = 
|diameter        = {{convert|166|mm|in|abbr=on}} (motor diameter)<ref name= background>{{Citation|publisher=MBDA |title=Asraam background|url= http://www.mbda-systems.com/mediagallery/files/asraam_background-1367919209.pdf |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131004061746/http://www.mbda-systems.com/mediagallery/files/asraam_background-1367919209.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2013}}.</ref>
|wingspan        = 450 mm
|speed           = Mach 3+<ref name="fas.org">{{cite web |url= https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/aim-132.htm |title= AIM-132 ASRAAM |publisher= FAS |access-date= 12 December 2011 |archive-date= 16 March 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110316035905/http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/aim-132.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref>
|vehicle_range   = *Air-to-air: 25+&nbsp;km<ref name="ASRAAM-MBDS"/><ref name = "Youtube Documentary">{{cite web | type = documentary | via = YouTube | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1c674SPjDM | title = ASRAAM | publisher = jaglavaksoldier | work = Science & Technology | access-date = 10 July 2009 | archive-date = 18 June 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140618174014/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1c674SPjDM | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="Royal Navy">{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/august/16/160816-f35-missile |title=MOD signs £184 million contract to secure air-to-air missiles for the F-35B |publisher=Royal Navy |date=16 August 2016 |access-date=16 August 2016 |archive-date=20 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820221719/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2016/august/16/160816-f35-missile |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Surface-to-air: 15&nbsp;km<ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System"/>
|ceiling         = 
|altitude        = ? [the Raven air defence system is a ground-based system; see 'Launch platform' below]
|filling         = {{convert|10|kg|abbr=on}} blast/fragmentation
|guidance        = [[Thermography|Imaging]] [[infrared homing]], 128×128 element [[Staring array|focal plane array]], with [[lock-on after launch]] (LOAL) and strapdown [[inertial guidance]]<ref name= "fas.org" /><ref name="ASRAAM-MBDS PDF"/>
|detonation      = [[Laser]] [[proximity fuze]] and impact
|launch_platform = 
*[[Royal Air Force]]: [[Eurofighter Typhoon|Typhoon]]
*[[Royal Air Force]] and [[Royal Navy]]: [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]]
*[[Indian Air Force]]: [[SEPECAT Jaguar|Jaguar]]
*Vehicles (e.g. the Supacat HMT 600 (6×6) vehicle carries ASRAAM missiles in Ukraine; this air defence system is known as Raven)
|variants        = [[CAMM (missile family)|Common Anti-aircraft Modular Missile (Sea Ceptor/Sky Sabre)]]
}}
[[File:RAF Typhoon Firing ASRAAM Missile MOD 45155899.jpg|thumb|RAF Typhoon of [[No. 3 Squadron RAF|3 Squadron]] fires ASRAAM in 2007]]
[[File:ASRAAM Missiles Fitted to RAF Typhoon Jet MOD 45155903.jpg|thumb|Two ASRAAM (centre) on an RAF Typhoon in 2007]]

The '''Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile''' ('''ASRAAM'''), also known by its United States designation '''AIM-132''', is an imaging [[infrared homing]] [[air-to-air missile]], produced by [[MBDA UK]], that is designed for close-range combat. It is in service in the [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF), replacing the [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]]. The ASRAAM is designed to allow the pilot to fire and then turn away before the opposing aircraft can close for a shot. It flies at over Mach 3 to ranges in excess of {{convert|25|km}}.<ref name="ASRAAM-MBDS">{{cite web|url= https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/asraam/|title= ASRAAM|publisher= MBDS Systems|access-date= 17 March 2021|archive-date= 10 April 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210410214314/https://www.mbda-systems.com/product/asraam/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="ASRAAM-MBDS PDF">{{cite web |title=ASRAAM (pdf)|url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/media/19276/download |website= MBDA Systems
|access-date= 3 July 2025 |archive-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424134425/https://www.mbda-systems.com/media/19276/download |url-status=live}}</ref> It retains a 50 g maneuverability provided by body lift and tail control.<ref name="ASRAAM-MBDS PDF"/><ref>{{Citation | title = Typhoon | contribution = Asraam | publisher = Star streak | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120423202832/http://typhoon.starstreak.net/common/AA/asraam.html | archive-date = 23 April 2012 | contribution-url = http://typhoon.starstreak.net/common/AA/asraam.html}}.</ref><ref name= background/>

The project started as a British-German collaboration in the 1980s. It was part of a wider agreement in which the US would develop the [[AIM-120 AMRAAM]] for medium-range use, while the ASRAAM would replace the Sidewinder with a design that would cover the great range disparity between the Sidewinder and the AMRAAM. Germany left the programme in 1989. The British proceeded on their own and the missile was introduced into RAF service in 1998. It is being introduced to the [[Indian Air Force]], the [[Qatar Air Force]] and the [[Royal Air Force of Oman]], and formerly saw service in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]].

The ASRAAM is also the base design for the [[CAMM (missile family)|Common Anti-Aircraft Modular Missile]] (CAMM) used by the British Army, Royal Navy and several allied forces in the surface-launched role. A surface-launched variant of the ASRAAM itself, called Raven, has been improvised for the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]].<ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System">{{cite web |title=Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System|url=https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/05/raven-ad-hoc-air-defence-system-foc/
|website=ARMADA |access-date= 3 July 2025 |archive-date=3 July 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250703090147/https://www.armadainternational.com/2025/05/raven-ad-hoc-air-defence-system-foc/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

==History==
In the 1980s, [[NATO]] countries signed a [[Memorandum of Agreement]] that the United States would develop the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), while a primarily British and German team would develop a short-range air-to-air missile to replace the Sidewinder. The team included the UK (Hawker Siddeley, by this point known as BAe Dynamics) and Germany ([[Bodensee Gerätetechnik]]) sharing 42.5 per cent of the effort each, Canada at 10 per cent and Norway at 5 per cent. The US assigned this missile the name AIM-132 ASRAAM.<ref name="Kopp 1998">{{cite journal |last=Kopp |first=Carlo |journal=Air Power Australia |title=Matra-BAe AIM-132 ASRAAM: The RAAF's New WVR AAM |date=January 1998 |volume=4 |issue=4 |url=http://www.ausairpower.net/API-ASRAAM-Analysis.html |access-date=12 December 2011 |archive-date=6 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806124009/https://www.ausairpower.net/API-ASRAAM-Analysis.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===New ASRAAM===
The rapid decline and eventual fall of the [[Soviet Union]] in the late 1980s led to considerably less interest in the ASRAAM. By February 1988 the US was already agitating for changes. In July 1989 the Germans exited the programme effectively ending the agreement. Various reasons are often cited including the ending of the Cold War and full realisation of the capabilities of the Russian [[R-73 (missile)|R-73 missile]], but many commentators think this was a smokescreen for financial and defence industrial share issues.<ref name= "Think Defence">{{Cite news|url= https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/uk-complex-weapons/advanced-short-range-air-air-missile-asraam/|title= Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM)|work= Think Defence|access-date= 5 September 2018|language= en-US|archive-date= 31 May 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210531020638/https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/uk-complex-weapons/advanced-short-range-air-air-missile-asraam/|url-status= live}}</ref>

This left Britain in charge of the project and they began redefining it purely to RAF needs and tenders were invited in 1989. This led to the selection of a new Hughes [[Staring array|focal plane array]] imaging array seeker instead of the more conventional design previously used, dramatically improving performance and countermeasure resistance.  A UK contest in 1990 examined the new ASRAAM, the French [[MICA (missile)|MICA]] and a new design from Bodensee Gerätetechnik, their version of the ASRAAM tuned for German needs. In 1992 the Ministry of Defence announced that ASRAAM had won the contest, and production began in March that year. The German design, by now part of [[Diehl BGT Defence]], became the [[IRIS-T]].<ref name="Kopp 1998"/>

While ASRAAM was entering production, momentum behind US-led industrial and political lobbying grew significantly and, combined with the strengthening European economy, forced the US government to conclude testing in June 1996 and move away from the ASRAAM program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hughes-wins-aim-9x-2828/|title=Hughes wins AIM-9X|date=1 January 1997|work=Flightglobal|access-date=5 September 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=5 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175617/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/hughes-wins-aim-9x-2828/|url-status=live}}</ref>

UK development and manufacture went ahead and the first ASRAAM was delivered to the Royal Air Force (RAF) in late 1998. It equips the RAF's [[Eurofighter Typhoon|Typhoon]]. It was also used by the RAF's [[British Aerospace Harrier II|Harrier GR7]] and [[Panavia Tornado|Tornado GR4]] forces until their retirement. In February 1998 ASRAAM was selected by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for use on their [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s following competitive evaluation of the improved ASRAAM, the Rafael [[Python (missile)#Python-4|Python 4]] and the AIM-9X,<ref name="Kopp 1998"/> and entered RAAF service in August 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) |url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/advanced-short-range-air-to-air-missile-asraam/?cf-view |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=www.airforce-technology.com }}</ref> In March 2009 the RAAF successfully carried out the first in-service "[[Lock-on after launch]]" firing of an ASRAAM at a target located behind the wing-line of the "shooter" aircraft.<ref>{{cite news| title=RAAF has successfully fired ASRAAM at a target located behind the wing-line of the 'shooter' aircraft| work=Your Industry News| date=9 March 2009| url=http://www.yourindustrynews.com/raaf+has+successfully+fired+asraam+at+a+target+located+behind+the+wing-line+of+the+'shooter'+aircraft_26109.html| access-date=10 March 2009| archive-date=13 June 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613231321/http://www.yourindustrynews.com/raaf+has+successfully+fired+asraam+at+a+target+located+behind+the+wing-line+of+the+%E2%80%98shooter%E2%80%99+aircraft_26109.html| url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Characteristics ==
ASRAAM is a high speed, extremely manoeuvrable, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile. Built by MBDA UK, it is designed as a "fire-and-forget" missile.<ref name="Think Defence"/> ASRAAM is intended to detect and launch against targets at much longer ranges, as far as early versions of the AMRAAM, in order to shoot down the enemy long before it closes enough to be able to fire its own weapons. In this respect the ASRAAM shares more in common with the AMRAAM than other IR missiles, although it retains high manoeuvrability.  To provide the needed power, the ASRAAM is built on a 16.51&nbsp;cm (6½ inch) diameter rocket motor compared with Sidewinder's (AIM-9M and X) and IRIS-T's 12.7&nbsp;cm (5-inch) motors (which trace their history to the 1950s unguided [[Zuni (rocket)|Zuni rocket]]). This gives the ASRAAM more thrust.<ref name = "Youtube Documentary" />

The main improvement is a new 128×128 resolution [[imaging infrared]] [[focal plane array]] (FPA) seeker manufactured by [[Hughes Aircraft Company|Hughes]] before they were acquired by [[Raytheon]]. This seeker has a long acquisition range, high countermeasures resistance, approximately 90-degree off-boresight lock-on capability, and the possibility to designate specific parts of the targeted aircraft (like cockpit, engines, etc.).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://defense-update.com/newscast/0309/asraam_loal_test_130309.html |title=Australian ASRAAM Demonstrate Full Sphere Capability |website=Defense Update |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-date=20 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020040615/http://defense-update.com/newscast/0309/asraam_loal_test_130309.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ASRAAM also has a LOAL ([[Lock-on after launch]]) ability which is a distinct advantage when the missile is carried in an internal bay such as in the [[F-35 Lightning II]]. However in 2012 the requirement for ASRAAM internal carriage on the F-35 was dropped, and the aircraft now uses external carriage only.<ref name=":0" /> The ASRAAM warhead is triggered either by laser proximity fuse or impact.  A laser proximity fuse was selected because RF fuses are vulnerable to EW intervention from enemy jammers.<ref>{{cite web |title='Talisman' ADS – БКО 'Талисман' |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGX6HQZzvjA |website=YouTube |access-date=19 May 2015 |archive-date=30 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130234703/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGX6HQZzvjA |url-status=live }}.</ref> The increased diameter of ASRAAM also provides space for increased computing power, and so improved counter counter-measure capabilities compared with other dogfighting missiles such as AIM-9X.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}

== Developments ==
On 8 July 2014, [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Indian Ministry of Defence]] signed a £250m ($428m) contract with MBDA to purchase 384 ASRAAM short range air-to-air missile to equip its [[SEPECAT Jaguar|SEPECAT/HAL Jaguar]] strike aircraft fleet and replace the ageing [[R.550 Magic|Matra Magic R550]]. MBDA's offering overcame competition from competitors including Rafael's Python-5 missile, emerging as the winner in 2012. This built on an existing 2012 order for 493 [[MICA (missile)|MICA]] missiles to replace [[R.530|Matra S-530D]] and [[R.550 Magic|Magic II]] missiles as part of an Indian Air Force [[Dassault Mirage 2000|Mirage 2000]] upgrade.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chandra |first=Atul |date=10 July 2014 |title=MBDA signs Indian ASRAAM contract |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mbda-signs-indian-asraam-contract-401260/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905175614/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/mbda-signs-indian-asraam-contract-401260/ |archive-date=5 September 2018 |access-date=5 September 2018 |work=Flightglobal.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In September 2015, the UK's MoD signed a £300 million contract for a new and improved version of the ASRAAM that would leverage new technological developments, including those from the CAMM missile. This variant would replace the current one when it goes out of service in 2022. A further £184 million contract was awarded in August 2016 to provide additional stocks of the new ASRAAM for the UK's F-35B. This new variant will be operationally ready on the Eurofighter Typhoon in 2018 and on the UK's F-35Bs from 2022 onwards.<ref name="Royal Navy" /><ref>{{cite web |date=16 August 2016 |title=Britain Stockpiles New ASRAAM Missiles for the F-35 |url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/2016/08/16/britain-stockpiles-new-asraam-missiles-f-35/88827092/ |access-date=17 August 2016 |publisher=Defensenews.com}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Larrinaga |first=Nicholas de |date=17 August 2016 |title=UK orders ASRAAMs to arm F-35s |url=http://www.janes.com/article/63007/uk-orders-asraams-to-arm-f-35s |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817152155/http://www.janes.com/article/63007/uk-orders-asraams-to-arm-f-35s |archive-date=17 August 2016 |access-date=17 August 2016 |publisher=IHS Janes}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=January 2022}}

In February 2017, successful firing of ASRAAMs from F-35 Lightning IIs were conducted at Naval Air Station Patuxent River and Edwards Air Force Base in the USA. This represented the first time that a British-designed missile had been fired from an F-35 JSF and the first time any non-US missile had ever been fired from the aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=F-35 Successfully Conducts First Firings of MBDA's ASRAAM |url=https://www.f35.com/news/detail/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926060731/https://f35.com/news/detail/f-35-successfully-conducts-first-firings-of-mbdas-asraam |archive-date=26 September 2020 |access-date=5 September 2018 |website=F-35 Lightning II}}</ref>

As of 31 January 2019, the [[Indian Air Force]] is testing the compatibility of the ASRAAM weapons system with the [[Sukhoi]] [[Su-30MKI]], and aims to make the ASRAAM its standardised short range missile across multiple aircraft types, including the [[HAL Tejas|Tejas]]. Final testing and operational clearance are to be achieved by the end of 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aroor |first=Shiv |date=31 January 2019 |title=EXCLUSIVE: IAF Arming Su-30s With ASRAAMs, May Standardise Missile Across Fleet |url=https://www.livefistdefence.com/2019/01/exclusive-iaf-arming-su-30s-with-asraams-may-standardise-missile-across-fleet.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331055347/https://www.livefistdefence.com/2019/01/exclusive-iaf-arming-su-30s-with-asraams-may-standardise-missile-across-fleet.html |archive-date=31 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>  [[Bharat Dynamics Limited]] will produce the missile at its [[Bhanoor]] unit. The facility will also offer maintenance, repair and overhaul services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BDL &MBDA sign agreement to establish Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile facility in India |url=https://bdl-india.in/node/3751 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029172227/https://bdl-india.in/node/3751 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |access-date=29 October 2022}}</ref>

== Variants ==

===ASRAAM P3I===
In 1995, [[Hughes Aircraft|Hughes]] and [[British Aerospace]] collaborated on the "P3I ASRAAM", a version of ASRAAM as a candidate for the AIM-9X program.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} The ultimate winner was the Hughes submission using the same seeker but with the rocket motor, fuse and warhead of the AIM-9M.  The latter was a US Air Force stipulation to ease the logistics burden and save money by reusing as much as possible of the existing AIM-9 Sidewinder, of which 20,000 remained in the US inventory.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

=== ASRAAM Block 6 ===
ASRAAM Block 6 standard, developed under the ASRAAM Sustainment programme, entered service on the Typhoon in April 2022,<ref name="BLOCK6b">{{cite journal |last=Allison |first=George |date=2 May 2022 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 enters service on Typhoon |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |url-status=live |journal=UK Defence Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502152133/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |archive-date=2 May 2022 |accessdate=2 May 2022}}</ref> and will enter F-35 service in 2024. The Block 6 introduces new and updated sub-systems, and replaces external cooling with a new internal cooler. The original Raytheon seeker has been replaced with a new [[UK]]-built seeker of higher resolution. There are no US-made components, meaning that it does not come under [[ITAR]] restrictions and can therefore be exported without US approval.<ref name="BLOCK6">{{cite journal |last=Allison |first=George |date=22 October 2021 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 to enter service on F-35 and Typhoon by 2024 |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-to-enter-service-on-f-35-and-typhoon-by-2024/ |url-status=live |journal=UK Defence Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024055316/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-to-enter-service-on-f-35-and-typhoon-by-2024/ |archive-date=24 October 2021 |accessdate=24 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2022 |title=ASRAAM Block 6 enters service on Typhoon |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502152133/https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/asraam-block-6-enters-service-on-typhoon/ |archive-date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>

===Raven===
Raven is a surface-to-air missile system with a 15 km range, improvised for use in Ukraine. The system uses a [[Supacat HMT]] 600 6×6 high-mobility tactical vehicle equipped with two ASRAAM missiles.<ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System"/>

== Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) ==
{{Main|CAMM (missile family)}}
At the [[DSEI|DSEi]] conference in September 2007 it was announced that the UK MoD was funding a study by [[MBDA]] to investigate a replacement for the [[Sea Wolf missile|Sea Wolf]] and [[Rapier missile|Rapier]] missiles for the [[Royal Navy]] and [[British Army]] respectively. The Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) would share components with ASRAAM, such as the very low signature rocket motor from Roxel and the warhead and proximity fuze from Thales but with updated electronics, an active [[Active radar homing|RF seeker]] and data link so allowing for mid-course corrections from suitably-equipped land or even air platforms.<ref>{{Citation |title=Missiles and Fire Support at DSEi 2007 |url=http://www.defense-update.com/events/2007/summary/dsei07_missiles.htm#camm |newspaper=Defense update |access-date=27 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905154914/http://defense-update.com/events/2007/summary/dsei07_missiles.htm#camm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2008}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Common Anti Air Modular Missile (CAMM) – Think Defence |url=http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/uk-complex-weapons/common-anti-air-modular-missile/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020804/https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/uk-complex-weapons/common-anti-air-modular-missile/ |archive-date=22 March 2018 |access-date=8 April 2018 |website=thinkdefence.co.uk}}</ref> CAMM began entering service in 2018 and has since be sold to nine other nations for both land and naval use. It has since become a family of weapons with a number of additional missile variants on order or in development.

==Operational history==
[[File:BZN 20240904 OP MASTERER RECOVERY 04.jpg|thumb|An RAF F-35B armed with ASRAAM missiles]]

=== Royal Air Force ===
On 14 December 2021, a RAF Typhoon operating against [[Islamic State]] in southern [[Syria]] shot down a hostile [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] with an ASRAAM missile. This was the first time the British military had shot down an enemy aircraft since the [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beale |first=Jonathan |date=16 December 2021 |title=RAF Typhoon jet shoots down 'small hostile drone' in Syria |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59615769 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216221159/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59615769 |archive-date=16 December 2021 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

=== Armed Forces of Ukraine (Surface-launched ASRAAM – Raven) ===
In August 2023, it emerged that Ukraine had been provided an unknown number of improvised ground-based launch platforms for ASRAAM, known as Ravens. Developed in four months by a joint MBDA and MoD team, it has been used by the [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] to provide short range air defence ([[SHORAD]]) against Russian aerial threats such as helicopters, cruise missiles and drones such as the [[HESA Shahed 136]]. The system has a twin-launcher mounted on the back of a [[SC Group|Supacat HMT 600]] vehicle, allowing it to remain mobile, whilst guidance can be provided by a Hawkeye [[Electro-optical targeting system|electro-optical]] suite.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Allison |first=George |date=2025-05-10 |title=UK Raven air defence system proving vital in Ukraine |url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-raven-air-defence-system-proving-vital-in-ukraine/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The rails for the launchers have been sourced from de-commissioned Hawk, Jaguar, and Tornado jets. The missile has a "fire and forget" capacity. Reportedly, the system has achieved a 70% success rate during over 400 engagements.<ref name=":3" /> This system is not to be confused with the dedicated surface-launched development of ASRAAM, CAMM/[[Sky Sabre]] air defence system.<ref name="newdick">{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |last2=Rogoway |first2=Tyler |date=4 August 2023 |title=Air-To-Air Missiles From UK Now Being Used By Ukraine As SAMs |url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/asraam-air-to-air-missiles-from-uk-being-used-by-ukraine-as-sams |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804235126/https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/asraam-air-to-air-missiles-from-uk-being-used-by-ukraine-as-sams |archive-date=4 August 2023 |access-date=5 August 2023 |work=The Drive}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2022-11-05 |title=Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile (ASRAAM) – Think Defence |url=https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2022/11/advanced-short-range-air-to-air-missile-asraam/ |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.thinkdefence.co.uk }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ground-Launched Asraam Achieving 90% Hit Rate In Ukraine {{!}} Aviation Week Network |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/missile-defense-weapons/ground-launched-asraam-achieving-90-hit-rate-ukraine |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=aviationweek.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The UK bolsters Ukraine's air defence after Putin's latest air strikes |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-uk-bolsters-ukraines-air-defence-after-putins-latest-air-strikes |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=GOV.UK }}</ref>  In 2023, Ukraine started using AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles in defensive measures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britain to donate air defence missiles to Ukraine |url=https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukraines_air_force_showed_the_operation_of_british_supacat_asraam_frankensam_for_the_first_time_video-8226.html |date=2023-10-12 |access-date=2025-08-23|publisher=Defense Express| language=en}}</ref> On 7 May 2024 footage was published showing the first confirmed loss of a Ukrainian ASRAAM Supacat-based launcher, which was destroyed by a [[ZALA Lancet]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html|title=Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lostarmour.info/news/lancet_24_05_07_05_the-wrong-side |title=Барражирующий боеприпас 'Ланцет' уничтожает пусковую установку AIM-132 ASRAAM на базе грузовика SupaCat ВСУ детонацией боекомплекта}}</ref> 

In May 2025, it was announced by the MOD that eight of these systems had already been sent to Ukraine, and that five more were scheduled to be sent.<ref name=":3" />

==Operators==
[[File:ASRAAM operators-2023-08-14.png|thumb|upright=1.35|Operators {{legend|#0360d5|Current}}{{Legend|#b31127|Former}}]]

===Current operators===
;{{UK}}
[[Royal Air Force]] / [[Fleet Air Arm]] – Equips the Typhoon and F-35B Lightning in RAF and [[Royal Navy]] service.
;{{IND}}
[[Indian Air Force]] – 384 ASRAAMs for [[SEPECAT Jaguar]] strike aircraft fleet.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last=Dhanjal |first=Swaraj Singh |date=8 July 2014 |title=India, UK sign deals worth 370 million |newspaper=Live Mint |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xHoQvHsQfyUtfYerKwVHxN/India-UK-sign-deals-worth-370-million.html |url-status=live |access-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709080309/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/xHoQvHsQfyUtfYerKwVHxN/India-UK-sign-deals-worth-370-million.html |archive-date=9 July 2014}}</ref>
;{{UKR}}
[[Armed Forces of Ukraine]] – In August 2023, a surface-launched version of ASRAAM, called Raven, was reported mounted on a Supacat HMT chassis in Ukraine.<ref name="newdick" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="Raven Ad hoc Air Defence System"/>

===Future operators===
;{{QAT}}
;: [[Qatar Air Force]]
;{{OMN}}
;: [[Royal Air Force of Oman]]

===Former operators===
;{{AUS}}
[[Royal Australian Air Force]] – Equipped the [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18A/B]] Hornet from 2004 until the aircraft's retirement in 2021. The RAAF uses the [[AIM-9X]] with the F/A-18F, EA-18G and F-35A.<ref name="RAAFF35">{{cite news |title=MBDA ASRAAM in service with the RAAF has been successfully fired from the aircraft |url=https://www.mbda-systems.com/2017/04/21/mbda-asraam-service-raaf-successfully-fired-aircraft/ |access-date=19 November 2020 |work=[[MBDA]] |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127083804/https://www.mbda-systems.com/2017/04/21/mbda-asraam-service-raaf-successfully-fired-aircraft/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*{{lwc|AIM-9 Sidewinder#AIM-9X|AIM-9X}}
*{{lwc|Bozdoğan (air-to-air missile)|Bozdoğan}} (Turkey)
*{{lwc|IRIS-T}}
*{{lwc|MICA (missile)|MICA}}
*{{lwc|PL-10}}
*{{lwc|Python (missile)#Python-5|Python-5}}
*{{lwc|R-73 (missile)|R-73}}
*{{lwc|SRAAM}}
*[[List of missiles]]

==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Citation | url = http://www.mbda-systems.com/products/air-dominance/asraam/15/ | publisher = MBDA | title = ASRAAM}}.

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