Keywords: Ram 051214-N-0490C-001.jpg 051214-N-0490C-001 Atlantic Ocean Dec 14 2005 - A RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile RAM launches off the port side of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN 69 during an exercise designed to demonstrate the ship ™s self-defense combat system The RIM-116 RAM is designed as an all-weather high-firepower low-cost self-defense system against anti-ship cruise missiles and other asymmetric threats Eisenhower is underway conducting routine operations U S Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Second Class Miguel A Contreras RELEASED http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 30749 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Launches of RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles Flight deck of USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN-69 |