Out of This World

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Adam Butler

USS Charleston conducts Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) shoot during a live-fire exercise

Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC)

April 8, 2021 | 0:18

PACIFIC OCEAN (April 8, 2021) The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) launches a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM). Littoral combat ships are fast, agile and networked surface combatants, optimized for operating in the near-shore environments. With mission packages allowing for tailored capabilities to meet specific mission needs and unique physical characteristics, LCS provides operational flexibility to combatant commanders. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Butler/Released)