Standard Missile refers to a family of American-made shipborne
guided missile
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of Propulsion, self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
Historically, 'missile' referred to any projectile that is thrown, shot or propelled towards a targ ...
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RIM-66 Standard
The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM), with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, developed for the United States Navy (USN). A member of the Standard Missile family of weapons, the SM-1 was dev ...
(SM-1MR/SM-2MR), a medium-range
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...
, the successor of the
RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missile, currently in use by the
U.S. Navy and many other navies around the world
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RIM-67 Standard (SM-1ER/SM-2ER), an extended-range surface-to-air missile, the successor of the
RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile, withdrawn from service because it was too long to fit into
vertical launching system
A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of ''cells'', which can hold one or mo ...
equipped ships
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AGM-78 Standard ARM, a long-range air-launched
anti-radiation missile
An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ta ...
used by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force during the
War in Vietnam
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XAIM-97A Seekbat, a proposed long range
air-to-air missile
An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles). AAMs are typically powered by one or more rocket motors, usually solid-fuel roc ...
, based on the AGM-78, development was cancelled at the flight testing stage.
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RIM-156A Standard, an extended-range surface-to-air missile, a VLS version of the RIM-67 Standard
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RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3), a ship-launched
anti-ballistic missile
An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to Missile defense, destroy in-flight ballistic missiles. They achieve this explosively (chemical or nuclear), or via hit-to-kill Kinetic projectile, kinetic vehicles, which ma ...
, originally based on the SM-2ER Block IV (RIM-156).
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RGM-165 LASM (SM-4), a proposed ship-launched
land-attack missile, based on the SM-2MR Block III (RIM-66K).
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RIM-174 Standard ERAM
The RIM-174 Standard Extended Range Active Missile (ERAM), or Standard Missile 6 (SM-6), is a missile in current production for the United States Navy (USN). It was designed for extended-range anti-air warfare (ER-AAW) purposes, providing cap ...
(SM-6), an upgraded version of the SM-2. It is designed to intercept both hostile aircraft and high-performance
anti-ship missile
An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. ...
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AIM-174B (SM-6), a long-range air-launched version of SM-6. Equiping
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornets.
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