MAKE A MEME View Large Image Lark XSAM-N-4 missile NAN10-49.jpg A U S Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Convair XSAM-N-4 Lark surface-to-air missile in 1949 The XSAM-N-4 used the radar beam-riding guidance system Wasp and had an AN/APN-23 radar for active homing during the ...
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Keywords: Lark XSAM-N-4 missile NAN10-49.jpg A U S Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Convair XSAM-N-4 Lark surface-to-air missile in 1949 The XSAM-N-4 used the radar beam-riding guidance system Wasp and had an AN/APN-23 radar for active homing during the approach to the target Testing of the Lark from ship-borne launchers began in 1950 on USS Norton Sound AVM-1 with successful interceptions of target The Lark program was terminated in late 1950 because the Bumbleebee program of the U S Navy Bureau of Ordnance showed much more promise This later let to the RIM-2 Terrier RIM-8 Talos and RIM-24 Tartar missiles U S Navy Naval Aviation News October 1949 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1940s/1949/Oct49 pdf 1949 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy SAM-N-2/-4 Lark
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