FineMolds FP28 RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3)

The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a modern American kinetic anti-ballistic missile that entered service in 2014 and remains in service today. The total mass of the projectile is approximately 1,500 kilograms. The length of the projectile is 6.55 meters, and the diameter ranges from 343 mm to 533 millimeters, depending on the version. It is assumed that the range of the missile - depending on the version - is from 900 to 2,500 kilometers.

The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 is a missile fired from specially adapted US Navy surface ships, especially the Arleigh Burke and Ticonderoga classes. In the Block IA version, it is designed to destroy short and medium-range ballistic missiles, and in the Block IIA version - also intercontinental ballistic missiles. It is worth adding that the RIM-161 SM-3 is supposed to destroy these missiles with its kinetic energy alone, and not by detonating the warhead near the target, which requires the missile to hit the target directly. The RIM-161 took over several structural elements from the RIM-156 Block IV missile - primarily the fuselage and the first two stages of the rocket engine. The navigation system and the addition of the third engine stage are different. Another novelty is the use of the LEAP kinetic head (ang. Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile). As an interesting fact, in 2018 the estimated cost of a single RIM-161 missile was approximately $ 18.5 million.