The "Standard Missile" is a type of
surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy.
Some references claim a limited surface-to-surface capability.
General Characteristics
- Primary Function: Surface-to-air missile
- Contractor: Raytheon and others
- Power plant: Dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
- Length: 15 feet, 6 inches (4.72 meters)
- Weight: SM-2: 1,558 pounds (708 kg)
- Diameter: 13.5 inches (34.3 cm)
- Wing Span: 3 feet 6 inches (1.08 meters)
- Range: 40-90 nautical miles (46-104 statute miles)
- Guidance system: Semi-active radar homing (IR in Block IIIB)
- Warhead: Radar and contact fuse, blast-fragment warhead
- Date Deployed: 1981 (SM-2 MR)
General Characteristics
- Primary Function: Fleet and extended area air defense
- Contractor: Raytheon and others
- Power plant: two stage solid fuel rockets
- Length: 21 feet 6 inches with booster (6.55 meters)
- Weight: 3,225 pounds (1466 kg)
- Diameter: 21 inches (booster) (34.3 cm)
- Wing Span: 3 feet 6 inches (1.08 meters)
- Range: 100-200 nautical miles (115-230 statute miles)
- Guidance system: Semi-active radar homing
- Warhead: Radar and contact fuse, blast-fragment warhead
- Date Deployed: 1998
Copied above information from: [1] (http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-stnd.html), see also [2] (http://www.opticalcorrelator.com/standard%20missile/standard_missile.htm) for an overview of the SM-family.