RIM-161 Standard SM-3/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• AEGIS battle management system [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-satellite missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ballistic missile defense [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Standard SM missile series [r]: An evolving series of ship-launched guided missiles developed by the U.S. Navy and used by a number of countries; primarily for anti-air warfare but also for ballistic missile defense and attacking surface ships ^[e]
• Surface-to-air missile [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Theater ballistic missile defense [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• AN/SPY-2 [r]: A supplementary radar for AEGIS battle management system ships, which adds theater ballistic missile defense engagement for the RIM-161 Standard SM-3 missile ^[e]

Other related topics

• Burke-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hit-to-kill [r]: The infliction of damage by a weapon, which does not depend on other than mechanical energy transfer. At the low end, it can be as simple as a bullet hitting a nonmoving target, and at the high end, it can include the immense energies of a collision between an incoming ballistic missile and an intercept vehicle. It is a subset of kinetic kill, which includes explosives and other physically destructive "hard kill" mechanisms. ^[e]
• Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force [r]: Effectively, the current Japanese navy, with a name consistent with the Japanese constitutional prohibition against war ^[e]
• Kongo-class [r]: Destroyers currently in service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (i.e., Japanese Navy), which are licensed copies of the U.S. Burke-class and are being upgraded for ballistic missile defense ^[e]
• Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (missile) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• RIM-2 Terrier [r]: Deployed in the 1950s, the first operational ship-borne surface-to-air missile of the U.S. Navy ^[e]
• RIM-24 Tartar [r]: A descendant of the U.S. Navy RIM-2 Terrier missile, with reduced size and range, but more capability within its range and usable on smaller ships ^[e]
• RIM-67 Terrier upgrade [r]: A replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier naval surface-to-air missile ^[e]
• RIM-67 NTU versions [r]: A replacement for RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missiles on ships equipped with the New Threat Upgrade system rather than the AEGIS battle management system. Also called SM-2ER Block I through III. ^[e]
• RIM-156 Standard SM-2 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Semi-active radar homing [r]: In contrast to active radar homing and command guidance, a missile guidance method in which the missile carries a radar receiver only, homing on the reflections, from the target, of a separate illuminating radar ^[e]
• Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (missile) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ticonderoga-class [r]: Modern United States Navy cruisers usually serving as carrier or amphibious escorts, but capable of independent action including long-range strike, anti-air/anti-ballistic missile/anti-satellite warfare, naval gunfire support, and antisubmarine warfare. ^[e]
• AN/TPY-2 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vertical Launch System [r]: Add brief definition or description