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| Description | Launch of a SAM-N-2 Lark missile at the U.S. Navy Naval Ordnance Test Station China Lake, California (USA). The program was stopped in 1950 in favour of the later RIM-2 Terrier missile. Modified Larks were later used for guidance system development testing by all three U.S. services through the early 1950s. The U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics Sparrow program began in 1950 using the Lark target seeker in air-to-air missiles. The U.S. Army used Lark components investigating guidance options for the MGM-18 Lacrosse surface-to-surface missile. Changing roles during a period of changing nomenclature created a confusing number of designations for the Lark. Fairchild production was identified as KAQ, SAM-N-2, and CTV-N-9. Convair production was identified as KAY, SAM-N-4, and CTV-N-10. Army test versions were designated RV-A-22. |
| Date | 1950s |
| Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine March 1956, p. 60. |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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"All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise designated." |
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