Sentence examples for standard missiles from inspiring English sources

Within 10 years a second generation of Standard missiles doubled the range of both versions.

In a separate notice, the agency said it was also tentatively planning to sell Taiwan 144 SM-2 Block 3A Standard missiles to defend against cruise missiles and aircraft threats in a package that could total $272 million.

The solid-fueled, Mach-2 Standard missiles were deployed in medium-range (MR) and two-stage extended-range (ER) versions capable, respectively, of about 15 miles and 35 miles.

Capability: Russian 48N6E are the standard missiles fired from S-300PMU launchers.

It has four Kongo-class destroyers with the Aegis battle-management system and standard missiles - similar to the aegis-equipped ships that form a key element of the US Navy's own anti-missile defences.

Procurement or advance procurement of long lead items, including for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense firing units 3 and 4, and for Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptors.

"The stone might have been a standard missile, and evidence that its holder was an army slinger or stone thrower," Professor Greenewalt wrote.

Mr. Obama's announcement of his new antimissile plan in September was based on the Pentagon's assessment that the SM-3, or Standard Missile 3, had intercepted 84 percent of incoming targets in tests.

In November last year, Alexander Vershbow, the assistant defence secretary for international security, offered the Poles a role in the new project by hosting a land-based "standard missile-3" system, as seen in the leaked US embassy cables.

An Aegis cruiser, the Lake Erie, has two Standard Missile 3 rockets that were adapted to track the cold satellite, as opposed to the heated enemy warheads for which it was designed.

The U.S. Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) ASCM variant, which may be deployed before 2020, has less range than its Chinese counterparts.