File:U.S. Navy Convair XSAM-N-4 Lark surface-to-air missile in 1949.jpg

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English: 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 aboard USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), with successful interceptions of targets. 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.
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Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/(Archive) October 1949, p. 13.
Author U.S. Navy

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