RIM-7P Sea Sparrow

The RIM-7 SeaSparrow is a medium-range, semi-active, surface-to-air missile designed to counter high-performance aircraft and missiles. It is used for shipboard point defense on more than 150 ships. The SeaSparrow missile was deployed in 1956 and has been acquired by many navies of the world. The SeaSparrow missile has an annular blast fragmentation warhead in excess of 40 kilograms. It shares a common design with the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile. The RIM-7P intends to be an upgraded RIM-7M missile with better performance against sea-skimming missiles and low-flying aircraft in heavy clutter conditions. Many navies worldwide are updating their RIM-7 inventories with RIM-7P missiles. However emerging high-performance threats, such as supersonic sea-skimming missiles and multiple anti-ship missiles attack scenario, require the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. The Mk 57 NATO SeaSparrow Surface Missile System (NSSMS) is the primary self-defense weapons system installed on US Navy's aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. Its upgraded version incorporates COTS components and new solid-state transmitter technology to seamlessly integrate with the Ship Self Defense System and the ESSM missile. Other surface missile systems based on the SeaSparow missile are the Mk 29 and Mk 73.

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