RIM-178 Sidewinder

The RIM-178 Sidewinder is a small, short-range air defense missile manufactured by Raytheon for the UNSC Navy aboard their warships and stations. Sidewinder is used in a point-defense capacity to eliminate deep penetrating close-in aircraft and munitions. Missiles are typically stored within the independently traversing 6-cell ; smaller ships may store the missiles in the single-cell M31 Vertical Launch System.

A derivative of the RIM-178, the MIM-178 Talos, is a ground-based surface-to-air missile used by the Army and Marine Corps.