Talos Surface To Air Missile - Hackensack, NJ
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Metro2
N 40° 52.833 W 074° 02.381
18T E 580910 N 4525940
This missile is on display at the New Jersey Naval Museum- 78 River St. in Hackensack, NJ.
Waymark Code: WMAY3Y
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 03/10/2011
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This missile is on display with several other missiles and vessels at the New Jersey Naval Museum.
The poster's photo of the plaque was not completely clear at the bottom so, the accompanying plaque reads in part:
"TALOS
SAM-N-6
SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE
SPECIFICATIONS:
DIAMETER: 28" LEGNTH: 19'-2"
WEIGHT: 2,700 LBS ENGINES: RAMJET
WARHEAD: CONVENTIONAL 300 LBS-NUCLEAR
NAVIGATION: RADIO CONTROLLED
BOOSTER: 2130(?)LBS OF THRUST SOLID FUEL
FIRST TESTED OCTOBER 1951
USED ON US NAVY CRAFT BETWEEN 1957 AND 1979..."
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