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Anti-Ballistic Missiles I
SOLO HERMELIN
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SOLO Anti – Ballistic Missiles
Ballistic Missiles of the Third World Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
North Korea's Ballistic Missiles
Ballistic Missile CharacteristicsUSA Ballistic Missile Defense
Military Services and National Labs 1944 - 1983
Project Nike
Safeguard Program
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) 1983 – 1994
Nike-Hercules Missile Nike Zeus A
Nike-Ajax
Nike Zeus B
Sprint LIM-49A Spartan
SDIO ProgramsStandard Missile
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense SystemUSA Ballistic Missile Defense System Airborne Laser (ABL)
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Radars for Ballistic Missile Defense
Homing Overlay TestsMcDonnell Douglas HEDI (High Endo-atmospheric Defense Interceptor) ERIS (Exo-atmospheric Reentry Interceptor Subsystem)
FLAGE (Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment) TestingERINT (Extended Range Interceptor)Patriot System LEAP (Lethal Exo-atmospheric Projectile) Testing:Ground Based Interceptor [GBI]THAAD (Target High Altitude Area Defense)
MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defense System)
Missile Defense Agency (MDA) 2001 - Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) 1994 – 2001
Space Based Infrared System
Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI)
Anti – Ballistic II
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Arrow Missile System
Aster Missile
RUSIA’s Anti - Ballistic Missiles
SH-01 'Galosh' anti-ballistic missilesRussia’s S-300 Family
Anti – Ballistic II
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Shahab 3Credit - © Mark Wade
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/shahab3.htm
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/missile/shahab-3.htm
Sharab-3 SRBM Launch
The Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile means Meteor-3 or Shooting Star-3 in Farsi [alternatively designated Zelzal (Earthquake)] is derived from the 1,350-1,600 kilometer range North Korean No-dong missile. The Shahab-3 reportedly has a range of between 1,350 and 1,600 kilometers and is capable of carrying a 1,000-760 kilogram warhead.
Iranian Shahab 3B Missile test fire
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Shahab-3, 3A/ Zelzal-3
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/images/shahab-4-vick1.jpg
Shahab-4
The Iranian Shahab-4 missile is believed to be a derivation of the 1,350-1,600 kilometer range North Korean No-dong -A missile delivering a 1,158 - 550 kilograms warhead and the follow on Taep’o-dong-1/Paekdosan-1 (TD-1) launch vehicle. In recent years the Iranian’s have indicated that the Space booster varient was having solid motor boosters added to the design originally considered among other unspecified design changes.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/shahab-4.htm
Iran's Ballistic Missile Capabilities
Iran - Missiles
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/images/iris-design-heritage.jpg
Shahab-3D, IRIS http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/iris.htm
The Shahab-3D is not the Shahab-3 nor is it the original Iranian Shahab-4 design, better known as the North Korean Taep’o-dong-1/NKSL-1 which has a range of 1,240 miles (1,995.16 km) but is perhaps one of several other possibilities. The Iranian statement that the Shahab-3D was powered by both liquid and solid propellant suggest that this is indeed a different missile design from the Shahab-3 which is known to be based on the North Korean No-dong-A design a single stage liquid propellant ballistic missile. It is also known that the Shahab-3 single engine is started by a solid propellant cartage that is expended ever before lift off. This however does not explain the introduction of solid propellant on this launch vehicle variant. This indication of the presence of solid propellant suggest the introduction of the Iranian “IRIS” so called satellite launch vehicle or at least its precursor sounding rocket for the Iranian space program “IRIS” launch vehicle. Potentially the IRIS launch vehicle combination could also serve as an (ASAT) anti-satellite launch vehicle.
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Designation Stages Propellant Range IOC Inventory Alternate Name
Mushak - 120 1 solid 130 km ? Iran – 130, Nazeat 10,
Mushak - 160 1 solid 160 km Fateh-110/NP-110
Mushak - 200 1 solid 200 km Zilzal - 2
Shahab - 1 1 liquid 300 km 1995 50 - 300 Scud - B
Shahab - 2 1 liquid 500 km 50 - 150 Scud - C
Shahab - 3 1 liquid 1,300 km 2002 25 - 100 Zilzal - 3
Shahab - 4 2 liquid 2,000 km 0
IRIS 1 liquid/solid 3,000 km 2005 Shahab – 3D
X-55 LACM 1 jet engine 3,000 km 2001 12
Shahab - 5 3 liquid 5,500 km
Shahab - 6 3 liquid 10,000 km
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/missile.htm
Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
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North Korea's Ballistic Missiles
Type/Designation Range (km) Payload (kg) Origin Comments
Scud – B 300 1,000 USSR
Scud – C Variant 500 700 Indigenous
Nodong - 1 1,000 700 – 1,000 Indigenous
Nodong - 2 1,500 770 Indigenous
Taepodong - 1 1,500 – 2,000 1,000 Indigenous Combined Nodong and Scud, tested 31.08.1998
Taepodong - 2 3,500 – 5,5000
1,000 Indigenous
North Korea's missile capabilities
A Look Back at N. Korea's Missile Development Program
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AlHusein Ghauri
Nodong
R27
Scud B
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Ballistic Missile Characteristics
Velicov, et al.”Weaponry in Space: The Dilemma of Security”, MIR, 1986Table: IEEE Spectrum Special Issue, September 1997
Ground Range (km)
Burnout Velocity (km/s)
Burn Time (s) Burnout Altitude (km)
Apogee (km) Total Flight Time
(min)
100 1.0 40 - 30 15 - 10 30> 2
300 1.7 70 - 60 35 - 25 100> 6
600 2.4 90 - 60 60 - 40 150> 4
1,000 2.9 110 - 70 80 - 50 230 8
3,000 4.9 140 - 80 120 - 100 650 14
10,000 7.2 300 - 170 220 - 180 1300 30
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SOLO Anti – Ballistic MissilesProject Nike
Project Nike began in 1944 when the War Department demanded a new air defense system to combat the new jet aircraft, as existing gun-based systems proved largely incapable of dealing with the speeds and altitudes at which jet aircraft operated. Two proposals were accepted. Bell Labs offered Project Nike. A much longer-ranged collision-course system was developed by General Electric, named Project Thumper, eventually delivering the BOMARC missile. Bell's proposal would have to deal with bombers flying at 500 mph (800 km/h) or more at altitudes of up to 60,000 ft (20,000 m). At these speeds, even a supersonic rocket is no longer fast enough to be simply aimed at the target. The missile must "lead" the target to ensure it hits it before it runs out of fuel. This means that the missile and target cannot be tracked in a single radar, increasing the complexity of the system. One part was well developed. By this point, the US had considerable experience with lead-calculating analog computers, starting with the British Kerrison Predictor and a series of increasingly capable U.S. designs. For Nike, three radars were used. The acquisition radar searched for a target to be handed over to the Target Tracking Radar (TTR) for tracking. The Missile Tracking Radar (MTR) tracked the missile by way of a transponder, as the missile's radar signature alone was not sufficient. The MTR also commanded the missile by way of pulse-position modulation, the pulses were received, decoded and then amplified back for the MTR to track. Once the tracking radars were locked the system was able to work automatically following launch, barring any unexpected occurrences. The computer compared the two radars directions, along with information on the speeds and distances, to calculate the intercept point and steer the missile. The entirety of this system was provided by the Bell System's electronics firm, Western Electric. The Douglas-built missile was a two stage missile using a solid fuel booster stage and a liquid fueled (IRFNA/UDMH) second stage. The missile could reach a maximum speed of 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h), an altitude of 70,000 ft (21 km) and had a range of 25 miles (40 km). The missile contained an unusual three part payload, with explosive fragmentation charges at three points down the length of the missile to help ensure a fatal hit. The missile's limited range was seen by critics as a serious flaw, because it often meant that the missile had to be sited very close to the area it was protecting. After bickering between the Army and the Air Force (see the Key West Agreement), all longer-range systems were turned over to the Air Force in 1948. They merged their own long-range research with Project Thumper, while the Army continued to develop Nike. In 1950 the Army formed the Army Anti-Aircraft Command (ARAACOM) to operate batteries of anti-aircraft guns and missiles. ARAACOM was renamed the US Army Air Defense Command (USARADCOM) in 1957. It adopted a simpler acronym, ARADCOM, in 1961.
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Project Nike
Missile Nike Ajax Nike Hercules Nike Zeus A Nike Zeus B(XLIM – 49A)
Spartan
(LIM – 49A)
Length 10.36 m over.
6.41m 2nd stage
12.53 m over.
8.18m 2nd stage13.5 m 14.7 m 16.8 m
Diameter 0.30m 0.8 m booster
0.53m 2nd stage0.91 m 0.91 m 1.09 m
Fin Span 1,22 m 3.5 m booster
1.88m 2nd stage2.98 m 2.44 m 2.98 m
Mass 1,116 kg launch
523 kg 2nd stage
4,850 kg launch
2,505 kg 2nd stage4,980 kg 10,300 kg 13,100 kg
Max Speed Mach 2.25 Mach 3.65 > Mach 4 > Mach 4 > Mach 4
Range 40 km 140 km 320 km 400 km 740 km
Ceiling 21,300 m 45,700 m ? 280 km 560 km
First Stage Liquid-fuel 263 kN, 2.5 s
Hercules M42
978 kN
Thiokol TX-135
1,800 kN
Thiokol TX-135
2,000 kN
Thiokol TX-500
2,200 kN
2nd Stage Liquid-fuel 11.8kN, 21 s
Thiokol M30
44.4 kN
? Thiokol TX-238 Thiokol TX-454
3th STAGE - - - Thiokol TX-239 Thiokol TX-239
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Project Nike
Missile Nike Ajax Nike Hercules Nike Zeus A Nike Zeus B(XLIM – 49A)
Spartan
(LIM – 49A)
First Stage Liquid-fuel 263 kN, 2.5 s
Hercules M42
978 kN
Thiokol TX-135
1,800 kN
Thiokol TX-135
2,000 kN
Thiokol TX-500
2,200 kN
2nd Stage Liquid-fuel 11.8kN, 21 s
Thiokol M30
44.4 kN
? Thiokol TX-238 Thiokol TX-454
3th STAGE - - - Thiokol TX-239 Thiokol TX-239
Warhead Conventional
3 warheads (2 layers of ¼ in steel cubes
Nose: M2 (2kg)
Mid: M3 (42kg)
Aft: M4 (27kg)
T-45 HE (500kg) with
272kg of HBX-6 M17 blast-fragmentation
Nuclear warhead only
Nuclear warhead only
Nuclear warhead only
Warhead Nuclear
Conventional warhead only
W-31 nuclear
2 kt (M-97)
20 kt (M-22)
40 kt (M-23)
W-31 nuclear W-50 thermonuclear
400 kt
W-71 thermonuclear
5 Mt
AT&T Archives: Nike Zeus Missile System
Weird NJ Nike Missile Bases
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Nike-Hercules Missile
Nike-Hercules Missile, designation MIM-14 (initially SAM-N-25) was a solid fuel propelled surface-to-air missile, used by US and NATO armed forces for high- and medium-altitude air defense. It could also be employed in a surface-to-surface role. The Nike-Hercules system, a follow-up to the Nike-Ajax missile, was developed during the Cold War to destroy enemy bombers and enemy bomber formations, as well as serve as an anti-ballistic missile system. Western Electric, Bell Laboratories, and Douglas Aircraft Company were chief contractors for the system.
Manu factors Western Electric
Bell Laboratories
Douglas Aircraft
First Stage Hercules M42 solid- fuel cluster
978 kN (220 klbf)
Second stage Thiokol M30
solid- fuel cluster
44.4 kN (10 klbf)
Length 12.53 m overall, 8.18 m 2nd stage
Diameter 0.8 m booster, 0.53 m 2nd stage
Fin Span 3.5 m booster, 1.88 2nd stage
Mass 4850 kg at launch,
2505 kg 2nd stage
Max Speed Mach 3.65 (ca. 4,470 km/h)
Range 140 km
Ceiling 45,700 m
Warhead Conventional
T-45 HE of 500 kg (272 kg HBX-E blast-fragmentation)
Warhead Nuclear
W31 nuclear2 kt (M-97), 20kt (M-22), 40 kt (M-23)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nike-Hercules_Missile
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SOLO Anti – Ballistic MissilesNike Zeus A
The Nike Zeus A is aerodynamically very similar to the Nike Hercules, just scaled up. However, the Nike Zeus A was designed for a very different mission - it was designed to perform an interception of ballistic missile RVs at high altitude. Like Nike Hercules, it was a two stage missile but instead of using the Nike Ajax booster, a new booster was used which was the largest single chamber solid rocket motor produced in the US at that time delivering over 450 000lb of thrust.The Nike Zeus A had a very short life as it only had a small number of launchers before being replaced by the Nike Zeus B. As a result, some sources claim that this was in fact a flight test article for the booster and not actually a Nike Zeus missile at all. I find this hard to understand as the 2nd stage is new, or at least the fins have been redesigned (especially when comparing it to a Nike Hercules), indicating some design work had taken place for this missile.The capability of the missile was constrained by the 200 mile range restriction that was issued by Secretary of Defense Wilson in 28 November 1956. This restriction was rescinded 12 months later once Sputnik 1 had orbited the earth. This then allowed the US Army to then develop the Nike Zeus B which overcame some of the limitations already present and known in the Nike Zeus A.
Length 13.5 m
Diameter 0.91 m
Fin Span 2.98 m
Mass 4,980 kg
Max Speed > Mach 4
Range 320 km
Ceiling ?
First Stage Thiokol TX-135
1,800 kN
2nd Stage Thiokol
Guidance Radio - Control
Warhead W-31 nuclear
20 kt
http://www.nuclearabms.info/NikeZeus.html
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Nike Zeus B was a far more capable missile than the A version due to a number of factors. It had a greater range, it was a three stage missile and it was designed to intercept targets outside the atmosphere. The main reason for this missile being developed was due to the dropping of the range restriction that had been imposed during 1956/7. By increasing the range, the missile could defend a much larger area which meant that fewer installations were required which provided some cost savings while still maintaining a defence. The first stage was the same as that of Zeus A, but everything after that was new. The second stage had a slightly smaller diameter than the booster, while the third stage was slightly smaller again. The large fins that were so prominent on the Zeus A sustainer were gone, and replaced with small vanes at the top of the missile which provided some control while in the atmosphere. Once the missile had left the atmosphere control was obtained through the 3rd stage motor. Target destruction was obtained through the use of a nuclear warhead. This warhead was tested during 1962 at Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
With the Nike-X ABM system, studies went into an extended range version of the Zeus B, and that missile was called Nike Zeus EX. It was renamed as Spartan when Nike-X was renamed as Sentinel in 1967.
Missile Nike Zeus B(XLIM – 49A)
Spartan
(LIM – 49A)
Length 14.7 m 16.8 m
Diameter 0.91 m 1.09 m
Fin Span 2.44 m 2.98 m
Mass 10,300 kg 13,100 kg
Max Speed > Mach 4 > Mach 4
Range 400 km 740 km
Ceiling 280 km 560 km
First Stage Thiokol TX-135
2,000 kN
Thiokol TX-500
2,200 kN
2nd Stage Thiokol TX-238 Thiokol TX-454
3th STAGE Thiokol TX-239 Thiokol TX-239
Warhead Nuclear
W-50 thermonuclear
400 kt
W-71 thermonuclear
5 Mt
http://www.nuclearabms.info/NikeZeus.html
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SOLO Anti – Ballistic MissilesSafeguard Program
The Safeguard Program was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile system developed in the late 1960s. Safeguard was designed to protect U.S. ICBM missile sites from counterforce attack, thus preserving the option of an unimpeded retaliatory strike. Safeguard used much of the same technology of the earlier Sentinel Program, which had been designed to protect U.S. cities.Sentinel was developed but never deployed. Safeguard was planned for several sites within the United States, but only one was completed. Until the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system was deployed, the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard complex in Nekoma, North Dakota, with the separate long-range detection radar located further north near the town of Cavalier, North Dakota, was the only operational anti-ballistic missile system ever deployed by the United States. It defended Minuteman ICBM silos near Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota. Safeguard consisted of the long range Spartan and the short range Sprint missiles the Perimeter Acquisition Radar (PAR) and computer system.
Image of the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard complex.
Perimeter Acquisition Radar (PAR)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard complex in Nekoma, North Dakota
Safeguard Missile Program
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The Sprint was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile, developed as part of the Nike-X program, later redesignated the Sentinel program. Sentinel never became operational, but the technology was deployed briefly in a downsized version called the Safeguard program. Sprint was a two-stage, solid-fuel surface-to-air missile armed with a W66 enhanced radiation thermonuclear warhead. The Sprint, like the Spartan, was in operational service for only a few months in the Safeguard program, from October 1975 to early 1976. A combination of high costs, congressional opposition, questionable efficacy and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty resulted in a very short operational period.
Manufacturer Martin Marietta
First Stage Hercules X-265
2950 kN (650 klbf) for 1.2 s
Second Stage Hercules X-271
Length 8.20 m overall
Diameter 1.35 m
Wingspan
Mass 3,500 kg
Range 40 km
Ceiling 30 km
Max Speed >Mach 10 (7,500 mph)
Guidance System
Radio Command
Warhead W-66 nuclear low Kt, enhance
radiation
Introduction date
IOC: 1972
Aerial image of Remote Sprint Launch Site No. 2.
Sprint
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Spartan and Sprint missile models
Dual launch of Sprint missiles during a salvo test at Meck island
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LIM-49A Spartan
Manufacturer Western Electric & McDonnell Douglas
First Stage Thiokol TX-500
2,200 kN
Second Stage Thiokol TX-454
Third Stage Thiokol TX-239
Launch Mass 13,100 kg (29,000lb)
Length 16.8 m (55 ft 2 in)
Diameter 1.08 m (3 ft 7 in)
Wingspan 2.98 m (9 ft 9.6 in)
Speed > Mach 4
Range 740 km (460 mi)
Flying Altitude 560 km (350 mi)
Warhead W-71 nuclear, 5 Mt
Guidance Radio Command
Launch platform Silo
The Spartan, designation LIM-49A, was a United States Army anti-ballistic missile. It was a three-stage, solid-fuel surface-to-air missile that carried a 5 megaton W71 thermonuclear warhead to intercept incoming warheads at high altitude. The missile was launched from an underground silo, and radio command guided. The warhead was designed to destroy incoming nuclear weapons by X-ray flux rather than by blast. This very kill mechanism was, however, a major cause contributing to the phase-out of the nuclear-warheads in the antiaircraft and anti-ballistic missile rockets - a high-altitude nuclear explosion produced a strong electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that would destroy unhardened (i.e. unshielded) electronic devices, especially those working on the solid state component base, like transistors, integrated circuits etc. The higher integration and subtler the parts, the more damage from the EMP-induced currents in the circuitry would occur, causing damage to computers, data and communication networks, power-generating plants and grids, air traffic control systems, etc. The Spartan missile was in operational service for only a few months, from October 1975 to early 1976. A combination of high costs and the SALT I treaties made the missiles an unattractive bargain.
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LIM 49A - SPARTAN Missile
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative
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3 Project and proposals 4 Ground-based programs 4.1 Extended Range Interceptor (ERINT) 4.2 Homing Overlay Experiment (HOE) 4.3 Exoatmospheric Reentry-vehicle Interception System (ERIS) 5 Directed-energy weapon (DEW) programs 5.1 X-ray laser 5.2 Chemical laser 5.3 Neutral Particle Beam 5.4 Laser and mirror experiments 5.5 Hypervelocity Rail Gun (CHECMATE) 6 Space-based programs 6.1 Space-Based Interceptor (SBI) 6.2 Brilliant Pebbles 7 Sensor programs 7.1 Boost Surveillance and Tracking System (BSTS) 7.2 Space Surveillance and Tracking System (SSTS) 7.3 Brilliant Eyes 7.4 Other sensor experiments 8 Countermeasures
Strategic Defense Initiative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative
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The following table summarizes the SM-1/2 block numbers and RIM-66 designation suffix letters for the Standard MR missile.
RIM-66A SM-1MR Block I-IV
RIM-66B SM-1MR Block V
RIM-66C SM-2MR Block I (Aegis)
RIM-66D SM-2MR Block I (Tartar)
RIM-66E SM-1MR Block VI (RIM-66E-1/3/7/8), VI A (RIM-66E-5), VI B (RIM-66E-6)
RIM-66G SM-2MR Block II (Aegis)
RIM-66H SM-2MR Block II (Aegis/VLS)
RIM-66J SM-2MR Block II (Tartar)
RIM-66K SM-2MR Block III (RIM-66K-1), III A (RIM-66K-2) (Tartar)
RIM-66L SM-2MR Block III (RIM-66L-1), III A (RIM-66L-2) (Aegis)
RIM-66M SM-2MR Block III (RIM-66M-1), III A (RIM-66M-2), III B (RIM-66M-5) (Aegis/VLS)
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-66.html
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Data for RIM-66B/C, except where noted:
RIM-66B SM-1MR RIM-66C SM-2MR
Length 4.47 m (14 ft 8 in) 4.72 m (15 ft 6 in)
Finspan 1.07 m (42.3 in)
Diameter 0.34 m (13.5 in)
Weight 621 kg (1370 lb)
Speed Mach 3.5
Ceiling 24400 m (80000 ft); RIM-66A: 19800 m (65000 ft) > 24400 m (80000 ft)
Range 46 km (25 nm); RIM-66A: 32 km (17 nm) 74 km (40 nm)
Propulsion Aerojet MK 56 dual-thrust solid-fueled rocket
RIM-66A: Aerojet MK 27; RIM-66G/.../M: Thiokol MK 104
Warhead MK 90 blast-fragmentation;
RIM-66A: MK 51 continuous-rod MK 115 blast-fragmentation
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RIM-66 SM-2 Medium Range Block III/IIIA/IIIB
Primary function: surface-to-air
Contractor: Raytheon and others
Power plant: dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
Length: 15 ft., 6 in. (4.72 m)
Weight: SM-2 – 1,558 lb (708 kg)
Diameter: 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Wing span: 3 ft., 6 in. (1.08 m)
Range: 40 to 90 nautical miles (74 to 167 km)
Guidance system: semi-active radar homing (inertial guidance
with terminal IR additionally fitted in Block IIIB)
Warhead: radar and contact fuze, blast fragmentation warhead
Date deployed: 1981 (SM-2MR)
Standard Missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_missile
The additional imaging IR sensor fitted to the top of the SM-2ER block 3B and 4A missiles (Raytheon)
http://www.raytheon.com/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms01_055768.pdf
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RIM-66 SM-2 Medium Range Block III/IIIA/IIIB
An un-finned RIM-67 SM2-ER sits in the magazine of the USS Mahan (DLG-11) prior to a missile launch.
General characteristics[3]
Primary function: surface-to-air
Contractor: Raytheon and others
Power plant: dual thrust, solid fuel rocket
Length: 15 ft., 6 in. (4.72 m)
Weight: SM-2 – 1,558 lb (708 kg)
Diameter: 13.5 in. (343 mm)
Wing span: 3 ft., 6 in. (1.08 m)
Range: 40 to 90 nautical miles (74 to 167 km)
Guidance system: semi-active radar homing (inertial guidance with terminal IR additionally fitted in Block IIIB)
Warhead: radar and contact fuze, blast fragmentation warhead
Date deployed: 1981 (SM-2MR)
Standard Missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_missile
The additional imaging IR sensor fitted to the top of the SM-2ER block 3B and 4A missiles (Raytheon)
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RIM-156 SM-2 Extended Range (ER) Block IV
General characteristics[3]
Primary function: fleet and extended area air defense Contractor: Raytheon and others Power plant: two-staged solid-fueled rockets Length: 21 ft., 6 in. (6.55 m) with booster Weight: 3,225 lb (1466 kg) Diameter: 21 in. (533 mm) with booster Wing Span: 3 ft., 6 in. (1.08 m) Range: 100 to 200 nautical miles (185 to 370 km) Guidance system: semi-active radar homing. Inertial/command guidance with terminal IR homing in Block IV-A Warhead: radar and contact fuze, blast-fragment warhead Date deployed: 1998
Standard Missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_missile
Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile (LEAP) attaches to a modified SM-2 Block IV missile used by the U.S. Navy
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RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block I/IA General characteristics [4]
Primary function: Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Contractor: Raytheon Power plant:
First Stage: Mk72 Booster Aerojet Second Stage: MK104 Dual Thrust Rocket Motor (DTRM) Aerojet Third Stage: MK136 Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM) ATK Fourth Stage: Solid Divert and Attitude Control System (SDACS) ATK
Length: Weight: Diameter: 0.34 m (13.5 in) Wing Span: 1.57 m (61.8 in) Range: >270 nautical miles Guidance system: GPS / INS / Semi-active radar homing / Passive LWIR (8-15 µm) Seeker (Kill Wehicle) Warhead: Exoatmospheric Hit-to-kill Kinetic Warhead (KW) Date deployed:
A RIM-161 Standard Missile (SM-3) is launched from the Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie
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Data for RIM-161A:
Length (incl. booster) 6.55 m (21 ft 6 in) Finspan 1.57 m (61.8 in) Diameter 0.34 m (13.5 in) Weight ? Speed 9600 km/h (6000 mph) Ceiling > 160 km (100 miles) Range > 500 km (270 nm) Propulsion Booster: United Techologies MK 72 solid-fueled rocketSustainer: Atlantic Research Corp. MK 104 dual-thrust solid-fueled rocket3rd stage: Alliant Techsystem MK 136 solid-fueled rocket Warhead Hit-to-kill kinetic warhead (KW)
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Raytheon RIM-174 ERAM (SM-6)The U.S. Navy's RIM-156B SM-2 Block IV A TBMD (Theater Ballistic Missile Defense) missile was cancelled in December 2001. Because the RIM-156B was to have secondary AAW (Anti-Air Warfare) capability, this left a potential gap in the future long-range air defense assets of the Navy. Therefore the ERAM (Extended Range AAW Missile) program to study possible replacements for the SM-2 Block IV A was begun. The result was the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6), which is effectively an RIM-156A SM-2 Block IV missile, to which the active radar seeker of the AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM air-to-air missile has been added for terminal guidance. Because of that seeker, the ERAM acronym has since been redefined to mean Extended Range Active Missile. In February 2008, ERAM was officially designated as RIM-174A.
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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System is a US Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide a last line of defense against ballistic missiles. Aegis BMD (also know as Sea-Based Midcourse) is designed to intercept ballistic missiles post-boost phase and prior to reentry
The current system uses the Lockheed-Martin Aegis Weapon System and the Raytheon RIM-161 STANDARD Missile-3 (SM-3).
The AN/SPY-1 radar antennas can be seen on the front and starboard side of the superstructure of USS Lake Erie (CG-70). Country of origin: United States Introduced: 1973 Type: 3D Air-search Frequency: S band[1] Range: 100+ nm[2] Azimuth: 0-360° Elevation: Horizon-Zenith[3] Power: 4 MW (peak)
Standard Missile - 3 (SM-3) is launched from the Pearl Harbor-based Aegis cruiser USS Lake Erie. November 17, 2005
Upon the completion of the ALI program, Aegis BMD was transitioned to the production phase. The first Block I production SM-3 was delivered in October 2004 and the Aegis 3.0 update was delivered in 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System
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JANES: Mk 7 Weapon System 'Aegis'; GWS Mk 34; FCS Mk 99 Date Posted: 23 July 2007
AEGIS Weapon System
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Parameter Value
Operating Frequency 3.3 Ghz
Wavelength 9.1 cm
Physical Aperture Area 12 m2
Effective Aperture Area 12 m2
Number of Active Elements 5,600
Receiving Gain (with weighting) 14,000
Azimuth Beam Width 1.6º
Elevation Beam Width 1.5º
Scan Sector 90º
Search Solid Angle (one line) 0.020 str
Total Average Power 58 kW
Power-aperture Product 700 kW m2
Noise Temperature 500 ºK
Equipment Loss (Beam center) 2.8 db
Extra Loss in Search 7.2 db
Atmospheric Loss 3.8 db
Total Search Loss 13.2 db
Report of theAmerican Physical Society Study Group on
Boost-Phase Intercept Systemsfor National Missile Defence
Scientific and Technical IssuesJuly 2003
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AN/SPY-1B Radar Characteristics
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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Flight Missions (FM)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System
FTR-1a Kinetic Warhead
Infrared image of the FM-3 Test Target just prior to impact
FTR-1a would demonstrate exo-atmospheric avionics operation of the SM-3 Kinetic Warhead (KW) and the real-time performance of the Aegis BMD AN/SPY-1 radar. At the time this test was conducted, the KW's propulsion system, the Solid Divert and Attitude Contol System(SDACS), was still under development. Total system operation was demonstrated in FM-2
The purpose of Flight Mission (FM)-2 (Codename: Stellar Eagle) was to characterize the Aegis Weapon System and Standard Missile-3 interceptor. The mission was not required to intercept the target. On January 25, 2002, an SM-3 launched from the USS Lake Erie collided with a test target northeast of the island of Kauai. This mission marked the first intercept of a ballistic missile from a sea-based platform.
On June 13, 2002 Aegis BMD succeeded in intercepting a unitary target missiles launched from PMRF during FM-3 (Codename: Stellar Impact). The USS Lake Erie was the firing ship. This mission marked the successful completion of the Aegis LEAP Intercept program.
On November 21, 2002 Aegis BMD intercepted a unitary ballistic missile during FM-4 (Codename: Stellar Viper). FM-4 was the first Aegis BMD test to conduct the "aimpoint shift" maneuver. The aimpoint shift increases the probability that the ballistic missile ordinance is destroyed at intercept. The USS Lake Erie was the firing ship.On April 26, 2007, Aegis BMD successfully intercepted its eighth target in ten attempts. This test marked the 27th successful "Hit-to-Kill" intercept (for all MDA systems) since 2001. The USS Lake Erie was the firing ship and utilized the Aegis 3.6 Weapon System. The interceptor was the SM-3 Block-Ia. This test not only demonstrated the ability of ABMD to intercept a ballistic missile but also demonstrated the Lake Erie's ability to simultaneously track and intercept antiship missiles. This test also utilized the Solid Divert and Attitude Control System (SDACS), in the full pulse configuration. [9]
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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Flight Missions (FM)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System
http://www.raytheon.com/products/stellent/groups/public/documents/content/cms01_055769.pdf
Flight Mission 2: January 25 2002
Flight Mission 3: June 13 2002
Flight Mission 4: November 21 2002
Flight Mission 6:
April 26 2007 Aegis BMD successfully intercepted its eighth target in ten attempts.
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense - FTM 04-1February 24 2005
February 12 2013 Aegis BMD Stellar Eyes (FTM-20) Flight Mission Success
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The SM-3 Kinetic Warhead from Raytheon Co., pictured in artist's rendering, would destroy enemy missiles during boost phase.
The SM3 projectile in the Standard Missile 3 is based on LEAP (lightweight exoatmospheric projectile) technology developed in the 1980s for SDIO. Much of the longwave-IR technology necessary for the acquisition and tracking of very cold objects in space serves as a basis for many of our EO/IR seekers
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Divert and Attitude Control System
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'USA explores miniature kill vehicles for missile defence' (JDW 13 February 2002)
The Multiple Kill Vehicle holds dozens of small kill vehicles that are designed to seek out warheads in space, collide with them and destroy them(Source: US Missile Defense Agency)
ABM Multiple Kill Vehicle Raytheon (MKV-R)
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Multiple Kill Vehicle
Description: The MKV system includes a carrier vehicle with on-board sensors and kill vehicles weighing approximately 10 pounds.
In the past, MDA officials estimated that the final weight of a single miniaturized kill vehicle would end up being anywhere between two kilograms (4.5 pounds) and 10 kilograms (22 pounds). This uncertainty has led to a great deal of speculation regarding the number of kill vehicles which will actually be carried in a single launch. Officials from both MDA and Lockheed Martin have suggested in the past that two dozen kill vehicles or more could fly on a single booster.
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Data for SM-6 ERAM (performance data based on RIM-156A):
Length (incl. booster) 6.55 m (21 ft 6 in)
Finspan 1.57 m (61.8 in)
Diameter 0.34 m (13.5 in); booster: 0.53 m (21 in)
Weight 1500 kg (3300 lb)
Speed Mach 3.5
Ceiling 33000 m (110000 ft)
Range 240 km (130 nm)
Propulsion United Techologies MK 72 solid-fueled rocket booster
Atlantic Research Corp. MK 104 dual-thrust solid-fueled rocket sustainer
Warhead MK 125 blast-fragmentation
SM-6 ERAM, the future Standard Missile
The SM-6 ERAM (Extended Range Active Missile) is an under development upgraded version of the SM-2 designed to hit both aircraft and high performance cruise missiles. The missile combines the proven SM-2 airframe with a seeker from an AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. By utilizing the seeker from the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile, the SM-6 can offer the capability to hit targets outside the ships radar horizon, and therefore offer increased range as well as accuracy. The missile also takes advantage of both the SM-2 and AIM-120 AMRAAM's data linking capability, and because it requires very little development is expected to be inexpensive to procure.
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SM-3 family (projected development) Standard Missile
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SM-3 family (projected development) Standard Missile
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Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
Coverage of BMEWS is shown in red, complementing the coverage provided by the PAVE PAWS system in blue. Coverage for both systems extends over the North Pole and both report back to Cheyenne Mountain Air Base in Colorado.
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Military Technology, vol. XXXI, Issue 8, 2007, pg.38
Ballistic Missile Defense System
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The United States wants to build a system that will let it knock out incoming ballistic missiles potentially coming from North Korea and Iran.
This involves using radars in Alaska and California in the US and at Fylingdales in the UK. Another radar is planned for Greenland.
Anti-missile missiles, or interceptors, are being based in Fort GreelyAlaska (40 of them) and Vanderberg AFB California (4) and the plan is to put 10 of them in Poland with an associated radar in the Czech Republic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6720153.stm
NUCLEAR WARHEADS RussiaLand-launched: 2,146 Sea-launched: 1,392 Air-launched: 624 USLand-launched: 1,600Sea-launched: 3,168 Air-launched: 1,098 Source: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) data 2007
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National BMD Engagement Sequence
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High Energy Lasers
High Energy Laser Attack
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This image shows a technician working on the optical telescope turret of the ALL HEL weapon. Note the array of ancillary optical sensors (USAF).
COIL Turret AssemblyBeam Control Subsystem
A single stage of the COIL laser
Airborne Laser Gun Boeing 747-400 YAL-1 Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser Missile Defense
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RAFAELIsraeli Armament Development Authority
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