Missile, Surface-to-Air, Terrier 1
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- General Dynamics Corp., Convair Division
- Summary
- Shown here is the Terrier I ship-to-air missile, built by the Convair Division of the General Dynamics Corporation. This radar-guided missile had a maximum altitude of eight miles, a range of twelve miles, and could reach a velocity of Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound). The first test launch of a Terrier missile took place aboard the aircraft carrier USS Mississippi in 1954.
- By 1968 approximately fifty surface ships in the U.S. and foreign navies had been equipped to carry Terrier missiles. The Terrier II, a faster and longer-range version capable of carrying a larger payload, eventually replaced the Terrier I.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from U.S. Navy
- Inventory Number
- A19680578000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Body and motor, steel; red plastic insert in throat of motor; fins, non-ferrous, probably aluminum.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 314 3/4 x 16 1/2 x 63in. (799.47 x 41.91 x 160.02cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680578000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9526df6d8-b35d-433f-ad3a-c54d26e78ea8
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