RIM-66 Standard
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Sep 12, 2026
Mark CancianGUEST
Yeah.
Mark CancianGUEST
Um, Well, again, for the audience out there, the Navy has an SM-2 and 6.
Mark CancianGUEST
2 was the earlier version.
Mark CancianGUEST
6 is the more current version.
Mark CancianGUEST
And what we found was that the SM-3 inventory was small to start with and is much smaller now.
Mark CancianGUEST
I think they had about 400-ish and have used maybe half.
Mark CancianGUEST
For the SM-2s and 6s, it wasn't quite so bad.
Mark CancianGUEST
We used about a quarter.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
Three kinds of interceptors are there.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
One is the SM-2, Standard Missile 2, which is basically for the for the endo thing endo thing means your cruise missiles your aircrafts everything which is inside the atmosphere we know that the altitude if you look at from the ground you go up 100 kilometers beyond that is space below that is atmosphere so they have the sm2 sm2 can't stop that because that is only meant for aircraft aircraft drones or the cruise missiles.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
Then they have what is called SM-2s.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
Now, as far as, sorry, yeah, sorry, SM-3.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
SM-2 is for the cruise missile.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
SM-3, that is the XO.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
that caters for the ballistic missiles, but it caters for the ballistic missile when it is in the descent phase.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
There are three types.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
the SM-2, which is Standard Missile 2, Standard Missile 3, and Standard Missile 6.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
The long and short of the story is that the missile that was fired, anti-ship ballistic missile with a depressed trajectory, it basically means that it did not leave the atmosphere.
Pravin SawhneyGUEST
It stayed within the stratosphere on the higher reaches of the atmosphere.