Sea Arrow SAM

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Sea Arrow
Design details
Function General purpose surface-to-air missile
Manufacturer Imperial Aerodynamics plc.
Specification GSAMN.21
Unit cost
- Sea Dart
- Sea Arrow
- Sea Bolt

$300,000
$2.8 million
$62 million
Service dates 334 PRP-present
General characteristics
Length
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

3.2 m
8m
25m
Diameter
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

210 mm
600 mm
2 m
Finspan
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

0.45 m
1.26 m
4.65 m
Launch mass
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

320 kg
3,145 kg
92,680 kg
Flight characteristics
Propulsion
Sea Dart only

Sea Arrow stages

Sea Bolt stages

IAB.30 dual-thrust solid rocket
IAB.48 solid rocket sustainer
IAL.05 cold launcher
IAE.200 solid rocket sustainer
IAL.20 cold launcher
Flight control Control surfaces, thrust vectoring, centre mass rockets
Speed
Cruise
Terminal

Mach 4-5
Mach 6.5
Manoeuvrability ~62.5g
Range
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

42 km
680 km
12,500 km
Ceiling
Sea Dart
Sea Arrow
Sea Bolt

22 km
310 km
1,700 km
Guidance and payload
Guidance
- Midcourse

- Terminal

GPS, inertial guidance and remote course correction
High-resolution IR
Warhead 50 kg frangible tungsten capped
Fuzes RF, contact, delayed contact
Launch platforms
Ship Ballista VLS
Land Land Archer
Operators
Praetonia
Reference

Sea Arrow is a Praetonian surface-to-air missile family that currently makes up the principal anti-air weapon in service with the Imperial Navy. The missile family is based around a common terminal intercept vehicle called Sea Dart, which is used alone in the close area defence role and as a final stage for the larger Sea Arrow and Sea Bolt missiles. A single Sea Dart impact or close proximity detonation is claimed to have a high likelihood of successful neutralisation against anti-ship missiles, helicopters, aircraft, satellites and ballistic missiles. The missile is manufactured in Praetonia by Imperial Aerodynamics plc.