Canada approved for SM-2 Block IIIC missile purchase

[Gerald]

Canada has been approved to buy the latest medium-range active version of the US Navy’s (USN’s) Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) anti-air missile for its next-generation surface combatant.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 5 November notified Congress that the State Department had approved the possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of 100 SM-2 Block IIIC missiles to equip the 15 planned Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. The proposed FMS deal, which would also include associated equipment and services, carries an estimated value of USD500 million.

Borne out of the USN’s SM-2 Improvements programme, the SM-2 Block IIIC missile introduces a new guidance and homing section incorporating a dual-mode (active/semi-active) radar seeker. The new active seeker baseline leverages prior investment in the SM-6 Block I and Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 missiles.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ssile-purchase

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_combat_system

Note: 06 NOVEMBER 2020

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