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The ArcLight program was a missile development program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with the goal of equipping ships like Aegis cruisers with a weapon system capable of striking targets nearly anywhere on the globe, thereby increasing the power of surface ships to a level comparable to that of ballistic missile-equipped submarines.〔Hooper, Craig. "New Navy Missile Could Hit Global Targets." Military.com. N.p., 8 July 2010. Web. 11 July 2010. According to DARPA, the ArcLight program was to develop a high-tech missile based on the booster stack of the current RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 and equipped with a Hypersonic glide vehicle capable of carrying a 100-200 lb (45-90 kg) warhead.〔"DARPA - Tactical Technology Office (TTO)." DARPA. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 July 2010. Dr. Arthur Mabbett was the program manager of the DARPA project,〔 which was to develop and test two different missile designs.〔(ArcLight Industry Day Announcement )〕 In DARPA's FY 2012 budget, the ArcLight missile program was terminated. The reason was that more development work was needed and they could not yet reach a high enough lift-to-drag ratio system from a non-fixed-wing vehicle. 2011 was spent reassessing technology needs, and no further funding was requested after that. DARPA commented that ArcLight was not part of Prompt Global Strike and was meant as a theater-based system to work with other systems like the Tomahawk cruise missile.〔(DARPA Halts High-Speed, Long-Range Weapon Development Program ) - FabioGhioni.net, 11 April 2011〕 ==See also== *Prompt Global Strike 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ArcLight (missile)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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