RIM-2 Terrier

Terrier at the stern of the USS Boston

Launch of a Terrier from the aircraft carrier USS America , 1965

RIM-2 Terrier is the name of the first US sea-based medium-range surface-to-air missile . The Terrier had a starting thrust of 2,300 kgf , a starting mass of 1,392 kg, a diameter of 0.34 m, a length of 8.08 m and a fin span of 1.59 m. The range was around 32 kilometers. It consisted of a start stage and a second stage, which contained the guidance systems and the warhead. It was used for the first time from 1955 on the Baltimore conversions USS Boston (CAG-1) and USS Canberra (CAG-2) .

Later variants of the Terrier were produced under the name RIM-67 Standard Missile .

Modifications

The launch stage of decommissioned Terriers and standard rockets was also used as the basis for various sounding rockets . For this purpose, the Terrier was equipped with various upper levels, such as the Asp , the Tomahawk or the Orion .

• Sounding rockets
  • Terrier / 551
  • Terrier Asp
  • Terrier Asas
  • Terrier Lynx
  • Terrier Malemute
  • Terrier Nike
  • Terrier Oriole
  • Terrier recurit
  • Sandhawk Terrier
  • Terrier Tomahawk

Web links

Commons : RIM-2 Terrier  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Terrier in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Globalsecurity.org: Overview of missile weapons (engl.) (Consulted on October 7, 2019)
2. ↑ Encyclopedia Astronautica : Overview RIM / Terrier (engl.) (Consulted on October 7, 2019)