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Navy to Field Terminal Phase SM-2 Interceptors on Aegis Ships

June 5, 2006 :: Inside Defense :: News

The U.S. Navy plans to modify its existing fleet of Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IV missiles to defend against enemy ballistic missiles in the terminal phase, the final minute or so before the missiles strikes their targets. On May 24, the Navy conducted the first sea-based intercept of a ballistic missile in the terminal phase, using a modified SM-2 fired from the Aegis cruiser Lake Erie. Based on the success of this test, the Navy plans to modify approximately 100 SM-2 missiles and deploy them on three Aegis BMD-configured cruisers. According to Christopher Taylor, an MDA spokesman, this plan is still being generated and vetted by Naval Sea Systems Command, so detailed costs are not yet available.

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