RIM-50 Typhon
| RIM-50 Typhon LR RIM-55 Typhon MR | |
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SARH terminal | |
| References | Parsch 2001a[1] |
Typhon was a missile system developed by the United States Navy in the late 1950s, intended to serve as an integrated air-defense system for Navy fleets. Consisting of the SAM-N-8 Typhon LR, later designated RIM-50A, and the SAM-N-9 Typhon MR, later RIM-55A, paired with the AN/SPG-59 radar system, the cost of the Typhon system led to it being cancelled in favor of the Standard Missile program.
Design and development
Development of Typhon was initiated in the late 1950s, as the existing
The missile system to complement the radar was originally named Super Talos (long-range) and Super Tartar (short-range), but to avoid confusion with upgrades for the existing missiles was soon renamed Typhon.
Typhon MR was designed to be capable of intercepting aircraft at between 50 feet (15 m) to 50,000 feet (15,000 m) in altitude and 3,000 yards (2,700 m) to 25 nautical miles (29 mi; 46 km) range. It had yet to enter testing before the Typhon project was cancelled.[5]
Operational history
In March 1961, the first test launches of the SAM-N-8 Typhon LR took place;[1] beginning in 1962, the test ship USS Norton Sound entered refit to install the Typhon Weapon Control System to allow at-sea tests to be undertaken.[6] However, the expense of the Typhon system, combined with the technical issues encountered during development, led to the program being cancelled in November 1963. The conversion of Norton Sound was allowed to be completed to provide test data,[7] with the ship recommissioning in June 1964; following the tests, the Typhon equipment was removed in July 1966.[6]
In lieu of Typhon, the U.S. Navy developed the
See also
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Boslaugh, David L. (1999). When Computers Went to Sea: The Digitization of the United States Navy. Los Alamitos, CA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society Press. ISBN 0-471-47220-4.
- "Norton Sound". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, N-Q. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center. 1970. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- Parsch, Andreas (30 September 2001). "Bendix SAM-N-8/RIM-50 Typhon LR". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. Designation-Systems. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- Parsch, Andreas (30 September 2001). "Bendix SAM-N-9/RIM-55 Typhon MR". Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles. Designation-Systems. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ISBN 978-1-5575-0681-8.
- Senate Committee on Appropriations (1964). Department of Defense Appropriations, 1965: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 10939. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
External links
- RIM-50 Typhon at GlobalSecurity.org