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Appendix D: Abbreviated Description of U.S. Navy Short-Range Missile Defense Weapon Systems
Pages 170-172

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... Warhead detonation is the only effective short-range kill mechanism, Limited capability against maneuvering targets, Has engaged Exocets and Harpoons successfully in exercise demonstraMany versions in fleet with various upgrades, · Block IB upgrade provided capability against surface targets, helicopters, and aircraft, . and Forward-looking infrared electro-optical imager/tracker, man-in-the-loop, · In the mid-199Os, was replaced with RAM in capital ships.
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From page 171...
... , Weight 232 kg, Semiactive RF monopulse seeker, Target continuously illuminated by ship's radar, Warhead weighs 35 kg and is blast fragmenting, RF proximity fuse, Now on CVNs, LHDs, AOEs, AORs, DD963s, Not on older amphibious ships, and Has hit nonmaneuvering Styx and Exocet missiles in exercises.
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... stinger missile seeker, Acquisition and initial track using RF from incoming missile, Transfer to IR for terminal-track, reticle scan in 4.1- to 4.5-mm band, Block I upgrade (RAM II) uses a linear-array IR detector in seeker, Dual-mode RF/JR or IR only, Completed operation tests, entered fleet in 1999, Maneuverable up to about 25 g, Engaged a maneuvering Vandal missile during an exercise, 9.5-kg warhead with 3-kg high explosive, New low-altitude fuze, Possible RAM upgrades, Dual-thrust motor, Larger diameter (14 cm to 15.5 cm)
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Key Terms

  • sparrow missile
  • optimum intercept
  • sea sparrow
  • engaged exocets
  • target continuously

  • airframe missile
  • sidewinder solid
  • limited capability
  • rolling airframe
  • automatic fire

  • current sea
  • automatic process
  • programmable computer
  • proximity fuse
  • response time

  • effectiveness low
  • nonmaneuvering styx
  • track using
  • completed operation
  • bad weather

  • inner range
  • entered fleet
  • harpoons successfully
  • concept developed
  • low outside

  • physics laboratory
  • exocet missiles
  • operation tests
  • solid rocket
  • upgrade provided


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