Raytheon’s Standard Missile Naval Defense Family (updated)
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Variants of the SM-2 Standard missile are the USA’s primary fleet defense anti-air weapon, and serve with 13 navies worldwide. The most common variant is the RIM-66K-L/ SM-2 Standard Block IIIB, which entered service in 1998. The Standard family extends far beyond the SM-2 missile, however; several nations still use the SM-1, the SM-3 is rising to international prominence as a missile defense weapon, and the SM-6 program is on track to replace the SM-2. These missiles are designed to be paired with the AEGIS radar and combat system, but can be employed independently by ships with older or newer radar systems.
DID’s FOCUS articles offer in-depth, updated looks at significant military programs of record. This article covers each variant in the Standard missile family, several years worth of American and Foreign Military Sales requests and contracts, key events, and the budgetary and technical background that can help put all that in context. New material is indicated in green type.
The latest news involves a large international contract for SM-2s…
- The Standard Missile Naval Defense Family: Budgets, Missiles, and Plans (i.e. “Continue reading…”)
- Budgets
- Missiles: The Standard Missile Family SM-1 to SM-6 [updated]
- The Standard Missile Naval Defense Family: US Contracts & Events
- FY 2008 [updated]
- FY 2007
- FY 2006
- The Standard Missile Naval Defense Family: Exports & Related Key Events
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- CY 2007
- CY 2006
- CY 2005
- Additional Readings
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