RIM-50 Typhon

RIM-50 Typhon LR

Test Launch of Development Missile
Type Long range surface-to-air missile
Place of origin United States
Service history
In service Canceled December 1963
Used by United States Navy
Production history
Manufacturer Bendix
Specifications
Weight 2,060 pounds (937 kg)
Length 15.5 feet (4.70 m)
Diameter 1.5 feet (0.47 m)
Warhead High explosive 150 pounds (68 kg) continuous rod, blast fragmentation or W-60 low-yield nuclear warhead[1]
Detonation
mechanism
 Proximity Fuse
Engine Two-stage, Solid-fueled rocket booster; ramjet sustainer
Wingspan 5.15 feet (1.57 m)
Propellant Solid fuel
Operational
range
 200 nm (370 km)
Flight ceiling 95,000 feet (29,000 m)
Speed Mach 4.0
Guidance
system
 Inertial
Launch
platform
 Ship

The RIM-50 Typhon LR was a missile that was intended to be a Terrier missile–sized replacement to the Talos missile to be used with the Typhon combat system.[2] The RIM-50 was canceled in 1963 along with the medium range RIM-55, when the Typhon combat system was canceled. The technology in development for this missile was incorporated into the RIM-67 Standard missile.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bendix SAM-N-8/RIM-50 Typhon LR Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles retrieved May 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Bendix SAM-N-8/RIM-50 Typhon LR Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles retrieved May 4, 2015


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