AIM-174B: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| mass = {{convert|1,900|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2024/07/03/first-images-super-hornet-carrying-two-sm-6-missiles/ |title=First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles |last=Cenciotti |first=David |date=2024-07-03 |website=The Aviationist |access-date=2024-07-07 |quote=According to the stencils visible on the photos of the missile... the AIM-174B... weighs 1,890 lb ± 14 lb (857 kg ± 6 kg).}}</ref>

| length = {{convert|1621.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| filling = [[High explosive|High-explosive]] [[blast-fragmentation]]

| filling_weight = {{convert|140|lb|kg|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Ben |date=10 March 2016 |title=Fixing the US Navy's Anti-Surface Warfare Shortfall |url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/fixing-the-us-navys-anti-surface-warfare-shortfall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231125233637/https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/fixing-the-us-navys-anti-surface-warfare-shortfall/ |archive-date=25 November 2023 |website=The Diplomat}}</ref>

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==Design==

Photos reveal that the AIM-174B weighs around 1,900&nbsp;lb (861&nbsp;kg), about five times the weight of the [[AIM-120 AMRAAM]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theaviationist.com/2024/07/03/first-images-super-hornet-carrying-two-sm-6-missiles/ |title=First Images Emerge Of U.S. Navy Super Hornet Carrying Two Air-Launched SM-6 Missiles |last=Cenciotti |first=David |date=2024-07-03 |website=The Aviationist |access-date=2024-07-07 |quote=According to the stencils visible on the photos of the missile carried by the CVW-2 Super Hornets taking part in RIMPAC, the AIM-174B (designated NAIM-174B, with the N prefix indicating modifications for special tests where reconversion to the original configuration is neither planned nor feasible at reasonable costs) weighs 1,890 lb ± 14 lb (857 kg ± 6 kg).}}</ref> These photos also show that the AIM-174 is externally virtually identical to the RIM-174, apart from the marked lack of the MK72 solid-fuel rocket booster on the AIM-174.{{cn|date=August 2024}} Sans MK72 booster pack, the missile is approximately {{convert|1621.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} long.{{cn|date=August 2024}} The missile will likely utilize a single-stage booster-sustainer solid-fuel rocket engine.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

==Range and use==