Moment of Impact💥US Embassy Baghdad C-RAM Engaging Inbound Rockets

The US Embassy’s Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) was activated around 1930hrs in Baghdad, Iraq on 13 January 2022 after unknown groups reportedly fired rockets in the direction of the Embassy. C-RAM The Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) / Indirect Fire Protection Capability (IFPC) system was developed early during Operation Iraqi Freedom/Enduring Freedom in order to protect ground forces and forward operating bases from the threat of rockets, artillery, and mortars. C-RAM is made up of a variety of systems which provide the ability to sense, warn, respond, intercept, command and control, shape, and protect deployed forces. The C-RAM system was originally designed to fill operational needs in Iraq to counteract the increasing number of casualties caused by attacks using rockets, artillery, and mortars It was deployed by the United States in Iraq to protect the Green Zone and Camp Victory in Baghdad, Joint Base Balad near Balad, Iraq, and was deployed by the British Arm