U.S. Navy’s SM-6 Missile: Destroy a Ship from 200 Nautical Miles Away!!!

Built by Raytheon, the Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missile is a supersonic anti-ship missile.

These long-range badboys travel at Mach 3.5 (ie: 2700mph) and can reach a target at 200 nautical miles away! This is incredibly far.

Thanks to in-built radar inside the missile, the SM-6 can go beyond your ships radar horizon.

Read more here:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a19380/the-navy-is-turning-its-air-defense-missile-into-a-supersonic-ship-killer/?mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&src=nl&date=021116