Q. Standard Missile 6 (SM-6), recently seen in news, was developed by which country?
Answer:
United States
Notes: The US Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet was recently spotted with an air-launched variant of the SM-6 (RIM-174) missile. The SM-6, developed by Raytheon for the US Navy, became operational in December 2014. It serves multiple missions, including anti-air, anti-ship, and terminal ballistic missile defense. The missile measures 6.6 m in length, 0.5 m in diameter, and weighs 1,500 kg, carrying a 64 kg warhead. It has a range of 240 km, extendable to 463 km.