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American Navy long range surface-to-air missile. Later versions have anti-ballistic missile capability. Historical Essay © Andreas Parsch Raytheon (General Dynamics) RIM-67 Standard ER The Standard missile program was initiated in 1963 to provide a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar missile systems. The Tartar replacement was designated RIM-66 Standard MR (Medium Range), while the longer-range Terrier replacement became the RIM-67 Standard ER (Extended Range). The Standard is still the U.S. Navy's main medium and long range air defense missile. All blocks of the Standard SM-1ER missile were designated as RIM-67A. They were essentially identical to the corresponding SM-1MR missile, except for the propulsion. Instead of the MR's MK-56 dual-thrust motor, the ER used an Atlantic Research Corp. MK 30 solid-fuel rocket sustainer motor, and a Hercules MK 12 booster. The main improvements of the SM-2MR Block I/II/III missiles were also included in the corresponding SM-2ER versions, the major new features being the inertial guidance system, and the monopulse seeker for terminal homing. However, SM-2ER is not designed to be fired from Aegis ships. The SM-2ER Block I was designated RIM-67B, and entered service in 1980. The RIM-67C SM-2ER Block II introduced a new MK 70 booster (regrained MK 12), which almost doubled the range of the SM-2ER. Interestingly, the enhanced booster extended the performance envelope of the RIM-67C well beyond the limits of the then current fire-control system on Terrier ships, but it did of course improve general missile performance against high-performance targets. The RIM-67D SM-2ER Block III had a new model of the sustainer engine (MK 30 MOD 4), and an improved MK 45 MOD 8 TDD (Target Detecting Device). The SM-2ER Block IV is a version with a completely new finless booster, designed for vertical launch on Aegis/VLS ships. Although this has been reported to be designated RIM-67E, the probably correct designation is RIM-156A, q.v. In the 1980's the U.S. Navy planned a nuclear-armed version of the Standard SM-2ER, because the last nuclear armed surface-to-air missiles, the RIM-2D Terrier and RIM-8E/G/J Talos, were about to be retired, leaving the Navy without a nuclear anti-air warfare capability. The nuclear SM-2 was to be equipped with a W-81 fission warhead (4 kT yield). However, these plans have since been dropped, and the U.S. Navy has currently no nuclear-armed SAMs. In 1995, Hughes (now Raytheon) proposed to convert obsolete RIM-2 Terrier missiles, of which more than 2000 were in storage, to supersonic low-altitude target (SLAT) configuration as a replacement of and/or successor to the MQM-8 Vandal. At 10 m altitude, range would have been 40 km (22 nm) with the MK 30 motor, or 64 km (35 nm) with the new MK 104 dual-thrust motor. As a ballistic missile target, maximum altitude and range could be 85 km (280000 ft) and 275 km (150 nm), respectively (168 km/550 km with MK 104 motor). The designation YRQM-67A was assigned to protoype conversions. Raytheon is currently converting old Terrier and SM-2ER rounds to TMT (Terrier Missile Target) configuration. Although I don't have firm evidence, these targets are probably designated RQM-67A. Specifications Note: Data given by several sources show slight variations. Figures given below may therefore be inaccurate! Data for RIM-67A/C, except where noted:
[1] Norman Friedman: "US Naval Weapons", Conway Maritime Press, 1983 Manufacturer: Pomona. Launches: 26. Failures: 2. Success Rate: 92.31%. First Launch Date: 1992-12-01. Last Launch Date: 2007-12-17. Launch data is: continuing.
Version: RIM-67A. IOC: 1968. Department of Defence Designation: RIM-67A. Popular Name: Standard-ER. Guidance contractor: Raytheon. Total Mass: 1,360 kg (2,990 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.11 ft). Total Length: 8.23 m (27.00 ft). Span: 1.55 m (5.08 ft). Standard warhead mass: 61 kg (134 lb). Maximum range: 56 km (34 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Standard warhead: W81. Standard warhead yield: 2.00 KT. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Boost engine: Mk. 104 Mod 3. Guidance: Semi-Active Radar Homing. Maximum speed: 2,900 kph (1,800 mph). Ceiling: 19,800 m (64,900 ft). Surveillance Radar: SPQ-5/F-G. Tracking Radar: SPG-49. Development Cost $: 56.800 million. in: 1971 average dollars. Recurring Price $: 0.087 million. Total Number Built: 3563. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 0.034 million. in: 1971 unit dollars.
Version: RIM-67B. IOC: 1981. Department of Defence Designation: RIM-67B. Popular Name: Standard-ER. Total Mass: 1,358 kg (2,993 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.11 ft). Total Length: 8.23 m (27.00 ft). Span: 1.55 m (5.08 ft). Standard warhead mass: 61 kg (134 lb). Maximum range: 128 km (79 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Guidance: Inertial + Command Link. Maximum speed: 3,390 kph (2,100 mph). Ceiling: 24,400 m (80,000 ft). Surveillance Radar: SPQ-5/F-G. Tracking Radar: SPG-49. Development Cost $: 228.300 million. in: 1982 average dollars. Recurring Price $: 0.378 million. Total Number Built: 6931. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 0.382 million. in: 1982 unit dollars.
Version: RIM-67C. Department of Defence Designation: RIM-67C. Standard SM-2 ER Total Mass: 1,436 kg (3,165 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.11 ft). Total Length: 7.98 m (26.18 ft). Span: 0.94 m (3.08 ft). Standard warhead mass: 97 kg (213 lb). Maximum range: 389 km (241 mi). Guidance: Semi-Active Radar Homing. Maximum speed: 3,050 kph (1,890 mph). Ceiling: 30,000 m (98,000 ft).
Version: RIM-67D. Department of Defence Designation: RIM-67D. Popular Name: Standard 2 ER. Alternate Designation: Standard Missile 2 (ER). Command/inertial, semi-active RF terminal guided. 2 stage vehicle. Manufacturer: Raytheon. Guidance contractor: Raytheon. Total Mass: 1,359 kg (2,996 lb). Core Diameter: 0.34 m (1.10 ft). Total Length: 7.99 m (26.21 ft). Span: 1.59 m (5.20 ft). Maximum range: 56 km (34 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Boost engine: Mk. 30 Mod 2, Mk. 12 Mod 1. Guidance: Command + Inertial; Semi-active RF terminal homing.
Version: Standard SM-2ER Block IV.
Extended-range surface-to-air missile for use by AEGIS naval vessels. A version with lower tier anti-missile capability against tactical ballistic missiles was tested but not put into production. The requirement for the Standard Missile SM-2ER Block IV was to provide an extended-range surface-to-air missiles that could be launched from Navy AEGIS ships equipped with the new MK 41 Vertical Launch System. The original Standard ER missile could only be launched from the rail-type launchers that equipped older US vessels. In order to fit into the VLS launch tubes, the SM-2ER Block IV used a new, shorter but fatter MK 72 booster motor, and dispensed with the control fins on the original missile. Instead the missile used thrust-vector control. The missile was upgraded to include the MK 45 MOD 10 Target Detection Device, for improved performance against high-performance, stealthy targets even under severe jamming environments. The Block IV eventually evolved into the Block IVA Navy Area Theater Ballistic Missile Defense missile. Problems with MK 72 booster delayed the program. The first launch in December 1992 was 18 months behind schedule. Priority given to development of the anti-missile version further delayed the program, and Initial Operational Capability for the Block IV was only certified in August 1999.The Block IVA retained all anti-air warfare capabilities of the A model but added an anti-missile capability through use of a dual-mode RF/IIR seeker, an upgraded MK 125 warhead package, and an enhanced autopilot. Flight tests began in 1994, and in January 1997, a Lance tactical missile was shot down for the first time. The missile was to have been part of a two-tier ABM system, with the more capable Standard SM-3 as the upper tier. However the decision was taken to proceed with the SM-3 alone in December 2001 and the Block IVA program was cancelled. Manufacturer: Raytheon. Launches: 9. Failures: 1. First Launch Date: 1992-12-01. Last Launch Date: 2006-05-24. Apogee: 30 km (18 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 1,450 kg (3,190 lb). Core Diameter: 0.53 m (1.73 ft). Total Length: 6.55 m (21.48 ft). Span: 1.57 m (5.15 ft). Maximum range: 240 km (140 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Boost engine: MK 72. Cruise Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise engine: MK 104. Guidance: Inertial + Command Link. Maximum speed: 4,000 kph (2,400 mph). Ceiling: 33,000 m (108,000 ft).
Standard SM-3.
Surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability using the LEAP homing vehicle for use by AEGIS naval vessels. Modification for anti-satellite use demonstrated in 2008. The SM-3 was a derivative of the Standard SM-2ER Block IV using the LEAP (Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile) homing vehicle to give AEGIS naval vessels theater anti-ballistic missile capability. The two rocket stages of the SM-2ER Block IV were supplemented by a third stage, the Alliant Techsystems Advanced Solid Axial Stage (ASAS). A GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System was used to guide the missile to near the predicted impact point, with the LEAP making the final hit-to-kill intercept. AEGIS launching ships required updates to computer hardware and software in order to operate the missile. The LEAP and its Forward-Looking Infrared sensor were first tested in four Terrier/LEAP launches between 1992 to 1995. However both intercepts attempted in the series were failures. The first launch of a complete SM-3 missile came in September 1999. In January 2002 the first successful intercept of an Aries ballistic missile target was achieved. Testing thereafter proved the capability of the missile against more difficult targets and scenarios. In 2008 the system was modified in a matter of weeks to successfully shoot down an errant American satellite. Manufacturer: Raytheon. Launches: 17. Failures: 1. First Launch Date: 1999-09-24. Last Launch Date: 2007-12-17. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). Liftoff Thrust: 0 N ( lbf). Total Mass: 1,500 kg (3,300 lb). Core Diameter: 0.53 m (1.73 ft). Total Length: 6.55 m (21.48 ft). Span: 1.57 m (5.15 ft). Maximum range: 500 km (310 mi). Standard warhead: LEAP. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Boost engine: MK 72. Cruise Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise engine: MK 104. Stage 3 Engine: ASAS. Stage 3 Propellants: Solid rocket. Guidance: GPS + Inertial. Maximum speed: 9,600 kph (5,900 mph). Ceiling: 160,000 m (520,000 ft).
Standard-ER Chronology 1992 December 1 - White Sands -. Block IV Demo test Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1994 - White Sands -. Block IVA Demo test Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1996 August 2 - White Sands LC35. LV Model: Standard SM-2ER Block IV . SM-2-IV NTW ETR-1A Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1997 January 24 - 15:32 GMT - White Sands LC35. LV Model: Standard SM-2ER Block IV . SM-2-IV NTW DTR-1A Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1997 September 26 - Barking Sands -. FAILURE: Failure. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1999 July 1 - White Sands LC35. LV Model: Standard SM-2ER Block IV . SM-2-IV TMT-3 Slugger test Agency: USN. Apogee: 72 km (44 mi). 1999 August 5 - 13:59 GMT - White Sands LC35. Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 1999 September 24 - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 CTV-1A Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 2000 July 1 - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTR-1 FAILURE: Failure. Aegis LEPI test Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 2000 August 24 - White Sands LC35. LV Model: Standard SM-2ER Block IV . SM-2-IV CTV-2 Block IVA test Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 2001 January 26 - 04:03 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 Aegis FTR-1A Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 2002 January 26 - 02:08 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 Aegis FM-2 SDACS Intercept Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 2002 June 14 - 01:29 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 LEAP FM-3 Aegis FM-3 Test Agency: USN. Apogee: 100 km (60 mi). 2002 November 22 - 00:32 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 LEAP FM-4 Stellar Viper test Agency: USN. Apogee: 152 km (94 mi). 2003 June 18 - 23:17 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 LEAP FM-5 Aegis 4 test Agency: USN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 2003 December 11 - 18:12 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 LEAP FM-6 Test mission Agency: USN. Apogee: 137 km (85 mi). 2005 February 24 - 21:04 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM 04-1 Stellar Dragon Agency: USN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 2005 November 18 - 18:16 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM 04-2 Stellar Valkyrie Agency: USN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 2006 March 8 - 08:45 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 JCTV-1 Japanese RV Agency: USN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 2006 May 24 - Barking Sands POA. Agency: USN. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). 2006 June 22 - 22:04 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM-10 Stellar Predator Agency: USN. Apogee: 150 km (90 mi). 2007 April 26 - 21:32 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM-11 FTM-11 Agency: USN. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 2007 June 23 - 02:44 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM-12 FTM-12 Agency: USN. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 2007 November 7 - 04:14 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM-13a Agency: USN. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 2007 November 7 - 04:14 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 FTM-13b Agency: USN. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). 2007 December 17 - 22:08 GMT - Barking Sands POA. LV Model: Standard SM-3 . SM-3 JFTM-1 Japanese test Agency: USN. Apogee: 160 km (90 mi). Bibliography:
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