The standard missile is mounted on the Royal Australian Navy's major combatants. The SM-2 is primarily used for fleet area air defence and ship self-defence, but also has an extended air defence capability and it has a secondary anti-surface ship mission.
The SM-2 has consistently demonstrated its effectiveness against targets from surface ships to helicopters. It can also be used against in-coming missiles at a range of altitudes and from stationary to supersonic speeds, and across a spectrum of electronic countermeasures environments.
The SM-2 uses tail controls and a solid fuel rocket motor for propulsion and manoeuvrability and extended range missiles have a booster with thrust vector controls.
Specifications
- Function: surface to air missile
- Manufacturer: Raytheon
- Power plant: dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
- Thrust: 272 kilograms
- Weight: 708 kilograms
- Diameter: 34.3 centimetres
- Wingspan: 1.08 metres
- Length: 4.72 metres
- Range: greater than 166 kilometres
- Speed: greater than Mach 3
- Usage: destroyer, guided missile (DDG)
Function
Missile