Description: Surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missile, mounted on
surface ships.Background: The Standard Missile was produced in two major types, the
SM-1 MR/SM-2 (medium range) and the SM-2 (extended range). It is one of the most
reliable in the Navy's inventory. Used against missiles, aircraft and ships, it
first came into the fleet more than a decade ago. It replaced Terrier and
Tartar missiles and is part of the weapons suite of more than 100 Navy
ships. The SM-2 (MR) is a medium range defense weapon for
Ticonderoga-class AEGIS cruisers, Arleigh Burke-class AEGIS
destroyers, California and Virginia-class nuclear cruisers and
Kidd-class destroyers with NTU conversions. Oliver Hazard
Perry-class frigates use the SM-1 MR.
On January 24, 1997, the Navy successfully demonstrated a Theater Ballistic
Missile Defense capability when a ballistic missile target was shot from the sky
for the first time using a new version of the Standard
missile family.
Point of Contact:
Public Affairs Office
Naval Sea Systems
Command (OOD)
Washington, DC 20362
(202) 692-6920
Primary Function: Surface to air missile
Contractor: Hughes
Missile Systems Company (formerly General Dynamics' Ponoma Division, sold to
Hughes in 1992) Pomona Division; Raytheon Motorola; Morton-Thiokol; Aerojet
General and others
Unit cost: SM-1 MR $402,500; SM-2 MR
$421,400
Power plant: Dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
Length:
14 feet, 7 inches (4.41 meters)
Weight: SM-1: 1,100 pounds (495 kg);
SM-2: 1,380 pounds (621 kg)
Diameter: 13.5 inches (34.3 cm)
Wing
Span: 3 feet 6 inches (1.08 meters)
Range:
15-20 nautical miles
(17-23 statute miles)(SM-1 MR)
40-90 nautical miles (46-104 statute miles)
(SM-2 MR)
Guidance system: Semi-active radar homing
Warhead:
Proximity fuse, high explosive
Date Deployed: 1970 (SM-1 MR); 1981
(SM-2 MR)
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