NASAMS
Type: Medium-Range Air Defense System
Domain: land
Country of Origin: Norway
Manufacturer: Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace / Raytheon Technologies
First Deployed: 1998
Overview
NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is the world's most widely deployed medium-range ground-based air defense system, jointly developed by Kongsberg (Norway) and Raytheon (USA). NASAMS III (latest variant) fires AIM-120 AMRAAM (~25 km), AMRAAM-ER (~50 km), AIM-9X Sidewinder, and IRIS-T SL from networked truck-mounted distributed launchers, making it resilient against suppression. Radar: AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel. Protected Washington D.C. for 20+ years. Combat-proven in Ukraine (2022-present) intercepting Russian cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and Shahed drones. 14+ nations operate NASAMS. NASAMS II and III progressively upgrade radar, networking, and longer-range missiles.
Technical Specifications
| radar | AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel |
|---|---|
| missiles | AIM-120 AMRAAM, AIM-9X, AMRAAM-ER |
| platform | Truck-mounted (distributed architecture) |
| full_name | National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System |
| architecture | Networked distributed launchers |
| range_amraam | ~25 km |
| range_amraam_er | ~50 km |
Operators
- Australia
- Belgium
- Chile
- Finland
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Lithuania
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Oman
- Qatar
- Spain
- Thailand
- Ukraine
- United States
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