Sea Arrow SAM
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Sea Arrow | ||
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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.