Shipboard systems

• Aegis combat system
• MK 45 5-inch gun
• Phalanx CIWS
• AGM-84 Harpoon
• BGM-109 Tomahawk
• RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
• RIM-67 Standard 2
• RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
• Mark 46 torpedo
• Mark 48 torpedo
• Mark 50 torpedo
• Mark 60 Captor Mine
• Trident II (D-5) nuclear missile

The Aegis combat system, named for the mythological aegis shield, is a United States naval integrated missile guidance system. ... The 5 Inch/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a modern naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5-inch L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. ... Block 1B CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-whizz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. ... The AGM-84 Harpoon is a U.S. all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship cruise missile system, originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, with development and manufacturing now taken over by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ... The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings. ... A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow being launched from the USS Essex (LHD-2). ... The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy. ... Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile is a development of the Sea Sparrow missile used to protect ships from attacking missiles and aircraft. ... A French Lynx helicopter carrying a mk46 torpedo Designed to attack high-performance submarines, the Mark 46 torpedo is the backbone of the U.S. Navys lightweight ASW torpedo inventory, and is the current NATO standard. ... Testing of the Mark 48: The Australian Collins class submarine, HMAS Farncomb, fired a Mark 48 torpedo at the 28-year-old destroyer escort Torrens. ... Mark 50 torpedo being fired The Mark 50 torpedo is a U.S. Navy advanced lightweight torpedo for use against the faster, deeper-diving and more sophisticated submarines. ... A captor mine is an American naval mine. ... The Trident missile, named after the trident, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it a SLBM. The Trident was built in two variants: the I (C4) UGM-93A and II (D5) UGM-133A. The C4 and D5...

Aircraft systems

• M61 Vulcan
• AGM-84 Harpoon
• AGM-88 HARM
• AGM-65 Maverick
• AGM-119 Penguin
• AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon
• AIM-9 Sidewinder
• AIM-7 Sparrow
• AIM-120 AMRAAM
• SLAM-ER
• JDAM GPS-guided bombs
• Paveway laser-guided bombs
• B61 nuclear bomb
• Mark 82 dumb bomb

Unmounted M61 Vulcan The 20 mm M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling gun with an extremely high rate of fire. ... The AGM-84 Harpoon is a U.S. all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship cruise missile system, originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, with development and manufacturing now taken over by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. ... The AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM) is an air-to-surface tactical missile designed to seek out and destroy enemy radar-equipped air defense systems. ... The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-surface tactical missile (ASM) designed for close air support, prohibition, and forceful prevention. ... The Penguin anti-ship missile, made by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) of Norway from the early 1970s and continually upgraded since, is a passive-IR seeker based short-to-medium range naval cruise missile. ... The Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) was a joint venture of the United States Navy and Air Force to deploy a standardized medium range precision guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets at ranges outside that of standard anti-aircraft defenses, thereby increasing aircraft surviability and minimizing friendly losses. ... Sidewinder Missile The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. ... A RIM-7 Sea Sparrow being launched from the USS Essex (LHD-2). ... The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM (pronounced am-ram), commonly known to air crews as the Slammer, is a modern air-to-air missile (AAM). ... The Standoff Land Attack Missile or SLAM is an over-the-horizon, all-weather cruise missile which grew out of the Navys Harpoon anti-ship missile in the 1970s. ... The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance tail kit that converts existing unguided free-fall bombs into accurate, adverse-weather smart munitions. ... A Paveway III seeker head, at the RAF Museum in Hendon, London. ... B61 bomb in various stages of assembly. ... The Mark 82 (Mk 82) is an unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb (dumb bomb), part of the U.S. Mark 80 series. ...

References

Globalsecurity.org Munitions section