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RIM-24 Tartar
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RIM-24 Tartar

Surface-to-air missiles

Country of origin United States
ManufacturerGeneral Dynamics
The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. The Tartar was the third of the so-called "3 Ts", the three primary SAMs the Navy fielded in the 1960s and 1970s, the others being the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-8 Talos.

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Specifications

Weight
580 kg
Length
4.57 m
Width
0.34 m
Introduced
1958
Entered service
1962

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Model data: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Figures can differ between versions of the same weapon. · Q44402