The Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile and one of the earliest to equip United States Navy ships. It flew to the vicinity of its target by radar beam riding, then used semi-active radar homing for the final approach. A solid rocket booster launched it and a Bendix ramjet carried it to the target, with the warhead acting as the ramjet's compressor. Talos was the end product of Operation Bumblebee, the Navy's 16-year program against guided anti-ship weapons. McDonnell Aircraft built the airframe and Bendix did final assembly. Versions carried conventional or nuclear warheads, and the RGM-8H Talos-ARM was an anti-radar variant. Talos shot down MiGs over Vietnam, including the first hostile aircraft downed by a ship-launched missile in 1968. Its size limited it to a few cruisers, and it left fleet service after the USS Oklahoma City was decommissioned in 1979.
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final assembly was by Bendix Missile Systems in Mishawaka, Indiana
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The airframe was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis
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The airframe was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis; final assembly was by Bendix Missile Systems in Mishawaka, Indiana.
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was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships.
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Talos was phased out of fleet service with the decommissioning of USS Oklahoma City in 1979
History, final assembly
final assembly was by Bendix Missile Systems in Mishawaka, Indiana
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The airframe was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis
History, US makers
The airframe was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis; final assembly was by Bendix Missile Systems in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Operated By: United States Navy, Lead, Navy ships
among the earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships
Used In: Vietnam War, History, Vietnam
The surface-to-air versions also saw action in Vietnam, with a total of four MiGs being shot down by USS Chicago and Long Beach.
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was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM)
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