Standard Missile

Standard Missile Statistics
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Function Surface to air missile
Manufacturer Raytheon
Power Plant Dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
Thrust 272 kilograms272,000 g
0.272 t
599.657 lb
9,594.518 oz
Weight 708 kilograms708,000 g
0.708 t
1,560.872 lb
24,973.965 oz
Diameter 34.3 centimetres0.343 m
3.43e-4 km
2.131303e-4 mi
1.125 ft
13.504 in
Wingspan 1.08 metres108 cm
0.00108 km
6.710809e-4 mi
3.543 ft
42.52 in
Length 4.72 metres472 cm
0.00472 km
0.00293 mi
15.486 ft
185.827 in
Range 140 kilometres140,000 m
14,000,000 cm
86.992 mi
459,317.586 ft
5,511,811.018 in
Speed High Subsonic

The Standard Missile is mounted on the RANs major combatants. It is a surface-to-air defence weapon with fleet area air defence and ship self defence as its primary mission. It has also demonstrated an extended area air defence projection capability and has a secondary mission as an anti-surface ship missile.

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