Standard Missile

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Standard Missile refers to a family of American-made shipborne guided missiles: RIM-66 Standard (SM-1MR/SM-2MR), a medium-range surface-to-air missile, designed as the successor of the RIM-24 Tartar surface-to-air missile. The RIM-66 is currently in use by the U.S. Navy and many other navies around the world. RIM-67 Standard (SM-1ER/SM-2ER), an extended-range surface-to-air missile, designed to be the successor of the RIM-2 Terrier surface-to-air missile, but ultimately withdrawn from service because it was too long to fit into vertical launching system equipped ships. It was replaced with the RIM-156A. AGM-78 Standard ARM, a long-range air-launched anti-radiation missile used by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force during the War in Vietnam. XAIM-97A Seekbat, a proposed long range air-to-air missile, based on the AGM-78, development was cancelled at the flight testing stage. RIM-156A Standard, an extended-range surface-to-air missile, a VLS version of the RIM-67 Standard. RIM-161 Standard...

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