Weapons - U.S. Navy Owner's & Operator's Manual 2004

All Hands, Jan, 2004

Range: 75 nm.

Stand-Off Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER)

SLAM-ER is an upgrade to the SLAM and is currently in production. SLAM-ER has a greater range (150 miles), a titanium warhead for increased penetration and software improvements which allow the pilot to retarget the impact point during the terminal phase of attack. It is also the first land-attack missile equipped with automatic target acquisition for precision targeting.

Maverick

The Maverick is a short-range, air-to-surface, tactical missile. The version used by the Navy carries a warhead designed to penetrate large, hard targets. First deployed in August 1972.

Dimensions: 8.2 ft. long; 12 in. diameter; 2.4 ft. wing span

Weight: 635 lbs.

Warhead: 300 lbs.

Propulsion: Two-stage, solid-fuel rocket motor

Speed: Supersonic

Range: Approx. 14 nm.

Tomahawk Cruise Missile

An all-weather, ship- or submarine-launched, land attack cruise missile. Tomahawks have proven to be highly survivable weapons due to their low radar detectability and terrain/wave-skimming flight. First deployed in 1986. More than 1,900 have been used in combat operations since 1991.

Dimensions: 18.3 ft. long (20.6 ft. with booster); 20.4 in. diameter; 8.9 ft. wingspan

Weight: 2,650 lbs. (3,200 lbs. with booster)

Warhead: 1,000 lbs. (conventional) or conventional submunitions dispenser with combined-effect bomblets

Propulsion: Turbojet (cruise); solid fuel booster (launch)

Speed: Subsonic

Range: 870 nm. (land attack/ conventional warhead).

Penguin Anti-ship Missile

The Norwegian-designed and built Penguin anti-ship missile is carried aboard Lamps III helicopters. First deployed in 1993.

Dimensions: 10 ft long; 11.2 in. diameter; 39 in. wingspan

Weight: 847 lbs.

Propulsion: Solid fuel rocket motor/solid-fuel booster

Warhead: 265 lbs., semi-armor piercing

Range: 25 nm.

Speed: Math 1.2.

ANTI-AIR WARFARE (AAW) Aircraft Guns

M61A1

This 20mm Gatling gun, which also forms the basis for the Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (see "Antiaircraft Warfare" section), is mounted aboard the F/A-18 Hornet and F-14 Tomcat.

Caliber: 20mm

Muzzle Velocity: 3,400 ft./sec.

Rate of Fire: 4,000 or 6,000 rounds/min.

Weight: 841 lbs. total (gun, feed system, ammunition).

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES

Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)

Developed jointly with the Federal Republic of Germany, RAM provides ships with a low-cost, self-defense system against anti-ship missiles.

Dimensions: 9.25 ft. long; 5 in. diameter; 1.5 ft. wingspan

Weight: 162 lbs.

Warhead: 25 lbs.

Propulsion: Solid fuel rocket

Range: 5 nm.

Speed: Supersonic.

Standard Missile-2 (SM-2)

Designed as a surface to air and surface-to-surface missile, the Standard missile is currently employed in two variations: SM-2 MR (Medium Range) and SM-2 ER (Extended Range). The first Standard missile entered the fleet in 1970. The SM-2 ER arrived in 1981.

SM-2 MR

Dimensions: 14.7 ft. long; 13.5 in. diameter; 3.6 ft. wingspan

Weight: 1,380 lbs.

Warhead: Proximity fuse/ high-explosive

Propulsion: Dual thrust/ solid-fuel rocket Range: 40 to 90 nm. (SM-2 MR).