The RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) is a development of the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. ESSM is designed to counter supersonic maneuvering anti-ship missiles. ESSM also has the ability to be "quad-packed" in the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System, allowing up to four ESSMs to be carried in a single cell.
An ESSM is launched from a Mk 29 launcher aboard USS Carl Vinson
A crane lifts an ESSM quadpack into a Mk 41 launcher aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell
The RIM-66 Standard MR (SM-1MR/SM-2MR) is a medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM), with a secondary role as an anti-ship missile, developed for the United States Navy (USN). A member of the Standard Missile family of weapons, the SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar that were deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships. The RIM-67 Standard (SM-1ER/SM-2ER) is an extended range version of this missile with a solid rocket booster stage.
A RIM-66 Standard MR on a Mk-26 launcher
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur launches a Standard Missile-2 while conducting torpedo evasion maneuvers during Multi-Sail 2009
A RIM-66 being assembled.
A RIM-66 being launched in 2006 from the Spanish frigate Canarias