Service

Marine Corps

Contractor

Raytheon

Mission

surface-to-air missile defense

Targets

Length

12.5 feet (3.81 meters)

Diameter

13.5 inches (3.84 centimeters)

Weight

1400 pounds (635 kilograms)

Range

Officially: 14.9 miles (24 kilometers)
40 km, in excess of 20 NM

Speed

Officially: Supersonic
800 m/sec, in excess of mach 2.4

Altitude

Officially: 30,000 feet (9.14 kilometers)
in excess of 60 KFT

Propulsion

Solid propellant rocket motor

Guidance system

Radar directed semi-active homing

Warheads

One 300 pound (136.2 kg) high explosive missile

Type of fire

Operator directed/automatic modes

Magazine capacity

48 missiles/battery

Missile guidance

Semi-active homing

Target detection

Continuous wave radar and pulse acquisition radars

Target tracking

High power illuminating continuous wave radar and passive optical

Rate of fire

1 missile every 3 seconds

Sensors

High power continuous wave radar (HIPIR)
Continuous wave acquisition radar (CWAR)
Pulse Acquisition Radar (PAR) and passive optical scan

Transport

C-130/C-141/C-5 and heavy lift helo (extended load)

Deployment

One Light Antiaircraft Missile Battalion in each Marine Air Control Group of each Marine Air Wing (two active, one Reserve).

Firing Platoon: 2 Fire sections of
up to 3 Launchers per (1) PAR and (1) CWAR
3 missiles per launcher

Units

2 active duty and 1 reserve Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion

Crew

Officer: 2
Enlisted: 49

Program status

Operational

First capability

Air Defense - 1962
Missile Defense -

Quantity

total inventory is 37,000 missiles

Development cost

Production cost

Total acquisition cost

Acquisition unit cost

Production unit cost

Unit Replacement Cost

$250,000 per missile
$15 million per fire unit
$30 million per battery