Manufacturer: Bath Iron Works, Huntington Ingalls Industries. Service: USN Armament: Standard Missile (SM-2MR); Vertical Launch ASROC missiles; Tomahawk; 6x MK-46 torpedoes; Close In Weapon System ...

The SM-2 "Standard" missile has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy's cruiser and destroyer force for decades, mainly being used against air breathing aerial threats, although the RIM-66M/SM-2MR ...

The Airbus A300 was shot down by an SM-2MR surface-to-air missile launched from U.S. Naval cruiser the USS Vincennes seven minutes into what was expected to be a expected 28 minute flight over the ...

(1 forward / 1 aft = 2 x 44 missiles) for a mix of: RIM-66 Standard Missiles SM-2MR; RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rocket. Missile launcher (CG 52-73) 2 x Mk-41 Vertical Launching Systems / VLS ...

Seoul had requested to buy up to 94 additional SM-2MR Block IIIBs and 12 MK 97 MOD 0 guidance sections for the missile, said the agency. Also included in the potential sale, which still needs to ...

Many years ago the US shot down an Iranian airline and 260 people died. A scheduled passenger flight from Tehran to Dubai via Bandar Abbas, that was shot down on 3 July 1988 by an SM-2MR surface ...