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Date posted: 04/29/2009*
Standard Missile-3
Raytheon is developing Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) for sea-based missile defense as part of the Missile Defense Agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. With its demonstrated, lethal hit-to-kill capability, SM-3 is being deployed on U.S. and Japanese ships to provide an umbrella of protection against short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. SM-3 is a proven, deployed missile defense interceptor. Raytheon is working to design and produce the next variants of this highly successful missile-defense solution.
Standard Missile-2 Block IV
Designed and developed by Raytheon for the U.S. Navy, Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV has been successfully and repeatedly tested as a near-term, sea-based solution for stopping short-range ballistic missiles in their terminal or final phase of flight. The missile can destroy incoming missiles through direct impact or by detonating a blast-fragmentation warhead close to the target.
Standard Missile-6
Raytheon is developing Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) to meet the U.S. Navy’s requirement for an extended- range, anti-air-warfare missile. The initial program will provide capability against fixed- and rotary-winged aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and land attack anti-ship cruise missiles in flight, both over sea and land. SM-6 could eventually provide a far-term, sea-based solution for intercepting short-range ballistic missiles in their terminal or final phase of flight.
Sea-based X-band Radar
Designed and built by Raytheon, the Sea-based X-band Radar can track targets to SM-3 engagement and perform the hit assessment afterward. Installed on a relocatable, semi-submersible platform for flexibility in choosing a site, the radar performs the critical functions of cuing, tracking and discriminating between potential targets. Its home port is Adak, AK., located approximately midway along the Aleutian Islands chain.
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