Watch Crazy US Navy Destroyer in Action Launch Standard Missile 2 (SM 2)

Watch Crazy US Navy Destroyer in Action Launch Standard Missile 2 SM-2 Missile The Standard Missile-2 is the world’s premier fleet-area air defense weapon, providing superior anti-air warfare and limited anti-surface warfare capability against today’s advanced anti-ship missiles and aircraft out to 90 nautical miles. The SM-2™ missile is an integral part of layered defense that protects the world’s important naval assets and gives warfighters a greater reach in the battlespace. SM-2 Block IIIA and IIIB missile features Proven performance Both SM-2 missile variants have successfully intercepted targets and are lethal against subsonic, supersonic, low- and high- altitude, high-maneuvering, diving, sea-skimming, anti-ship cruise missiles fighters, bombers and helicopters in an advanced electronic countermeasures environment. The SM-2 missile has extensive area- and self-defense flight test history with more than 2,700 successful flight tests from domestic and international ships. Local support The SM-2 missile is supported by intermediate-level maintenance facilities worldwide. These facilities use state-of-the-art MK-698 test equipment to recertify and maintain all-up-round missiles at locations close to the user Navy, minimizing downtime for those missiles. Section-level maintenance is performed in the United States, when required. International missile Due to global demand, Raytheon has restarted its SM-2 missile line after halting production in 2013. Various countries aligned requirements and pooled resources to make a bundle purchase through foreign military sales, enabling Raytheon to resume production. The company is reconfiguring and modernizing its SM-2 missile factory to increase production efficiencies. It has also signed new agreements with several suppliers. The SM-2 missile family continues to grow internationally. Several navies are also defining requirements and ship configurations to support SM-2 applications. Advanced semi-active radar seeker technologies in both continuous wave and interrupted continuous wave guidance modes Tail controls and solid rocket motor propulsion to engage the world’s advanced high-speed maneuvering threats at tactically significant ranges IIIB enhances the IIIA’s existing superior capabilities by adding autonomous infrared acquisition High-technology active radar target detection device and directional warhead to ensure successful destruction of the target Surface-To-Air MissilesIN SECTION: SHIP WEAPONS RIM-7 SEA SPARROW BRIEFING: The RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, a development of the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, is used to defend against anti-ship missiles and aircraft. The Sea Sparrow has a cylindrical body with four mid-body wings and four tail fins. The short-range, semi-active homing missile makes flight corrections via radar uplinks. The missile has been upgraded to the RIM-7P with a reprogrammable missile-borne computer, rear receiver and newly developed surface-to-surface/anti-low-velocity air threat capability. It is fired from a trainable Mk29 Guided-Missile Launching System onboard aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. In the U.S. Navy, the ESSM is deployed on Arleigh Burke-class DDG Flight IIA destroyers and some Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. It will be the primary self-defense weapon for DDG 1000-, CVN 78- and LHA 6-class ships. On U.S. Navy ships, it is fired from the Mk29, Mk41 and Mk57 launchers. Operational in 2004, and designed and produced through an international cooperative effort, the ESSM also is considered the primary ship self-defense and local area-defense weapon of 10 foreign navies. The Block II version of the ESSM is in engineering and manufacturing development. The Block II features an active guidance system in addition to semi-active guidance. IOC is scheduled for 2020. RIM-66C/RIM-156/RIM-161/RIM-174 STANDARD MISSILE (SM) BRIEFING: The Standard family of missiles can be used against missiles, aircraft and ships. The RIM-66C SM-2 Block III, IIIA and IIIB MR (medium-range) missiles are the primary air-defense weapons for Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The RIM-156A SM-2 ER (extended-range) Block IV was designed for the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) and the Vertical Launching System to give the battle force greater area anti-air warfare defense capability against very-high-altitude, large-cross-range and high-G maneuvering targets. All variants are guided by inertial navigation and midcourse commands from AWS using semi-active radar or an infrared sensor for terminal homing. The Block IV is deployed as a terminal-phase ballistic missile defense interceptor.