Lark Anti-Aircraft Missile - Hackensack, NJ - Military Ground Equipment Displays on Waymarking.com

This missile is on display with several other missiles and vessels at the New Jersey Naval Museum.

The accompanying plaque reads:

"LARK
ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE

THE LARK ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE PROGRAM BEGAN IN LATE
1944, WHEN THE U.S. NAVY NEEDED A NEW WEAPON AGAINST
THE EVER MORE SERIOUS JAPANESE SUICIDE BOMBER
(KAMIKAZI) THREAT. IN JANUARY, 1945, A LARK CONFIGURA-
TION HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AND REQUIREMENTS INCLUDED
SHIP DEFENCE(sic)AGAINST KAMIKAZI ATTACK, RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AND ENEMY AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING STANDOFF
WEAPONS.
THE LARK WAS PROPELLED BY A REACTION MOTORS LR2-RM-2
TWO-CHAMBER LIQUID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE AND
USED TWO SOLID-FUELED ROCKET BOOSTERS FOR TAKE-OFF.
IT WAS ARMED WITH A 45 KG (100 LB) HIGH-EXPLOSIVE WARHEAD
WHICH WAS DETONATED BY A RADAR PROXIMITY FUSE."

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