S-2 Standard Missile
 System 2 Missile, land configuration. | |
| Type | Short to medium range missile |
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| Place of origin | Shireroth |
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| Length | 5.9 metres |
| Warhead | Directed fragmentation |
| Detonation mechanism | Contact or proximity |
| Engine | Solid-fuel rocket motor |
| Control surfaces | Hydraulically-actuated thrust vectoring, spin-stabilising micro-nozzles |
| Operational range | <1–45 km (75 km max) |
| Flight ceiling | 3 km |
| Speed | Mach 3 |
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The System-2 Standard Missile series is a family of air-to-air, air to surface, surface-to-air, and surface-to-surface missiles, based on pre-existing designs of the Babkhan "Ubiquity" air-to-air missile, but with updated electronics, and modular target guidance and or homing-seeker sensors that are interchangeable depending upon selected and programmeable mission types.
Characterised as an "anti-aircraft missile that can be flung at anything", the design characteristics of the S-2, originally developed for the GAV(P)-5 Nereid, tended to lend towards a reduction in production costs through modularity - the interchangeability of parts in a manner consistent with the core components and electronics of the missile - and an inherent adaptability that suited the missile to a variety of launch platforms.
The missile has a comparatively limited maximum range of 75 kilometres and an effective operational range of 45 kilometres, but this is offset by a minimum engagement range of 0.5 kilometres, which has the effect of making the S-2 a potent and viable point defence weapon when the RF seeker is fitted.
