Standard missile
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Standard Missile can refer to a family of several different American
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Though a missile may be any thrown or launched object, it colloquially almost always refers to a self-propelled guided weapon system.-Etymology:The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, meaning "to send"...

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  • RIM-66 Standard
    RIM-66 Standard
    The RIM-66 Standard MR is a medium range surface-to-air missile originally developed for the United States Navy . The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships...

     (SM-1MR/SM-2MR), a medium range surface-to-air missile, the successor of the RIM-24 Tartar missile
  • RIM-67 Standard
    RIM-67 Standard
    The RIM-67 Standard ER is an extended range surface-to-air missile and anti ship missile originally developed for the United States Navy...

     (SM-1ER/SM-2ER non-VLS capable), an extended range surface-to-air missile, the successor of the RIM-2 Terrier missile
  • AGM-78 Standard ARM
    AGM-78 Standard ARM
    The AGM-78 Standard ARM was an anti-radiation missile developed by General Dynamics, United States of America.-Overview:Originally developed for the US Navy during the late 1960s, the AGM-78 was created in large part because of the limitations of the AGM-45 Shrike, which suffered from a small...

    , an air launched anti-radiation missile
  • RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
    RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
    The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to intercept short-to intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primarily designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an...

     (SM-3), a naval launched anti-ballistic missile, based on SM-2ER Block IV
  • RIM-174 Standard ERAM (SM-6), an upgraded version of the SM-2 under development designed to target both aircraft and high performance cruise missiles
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