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RIM-8 Talos

Long-range naval surface-to-air missile for fleet air defence.

Also searchable as Talos, Talos Missile.

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  1. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:26:31Why some early naval missiles struggled with fast targetsNotable Point
  2. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:28:45How Talos range expands the space a task group can useChapter
  3. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    1:31:59Terrier, Tartar and a missile screen spread across shipsNotable Point
  4. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    2:19:02Hawkeye, fighters and Talos in the 1966 defence layersChapter
  5. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:28:11Hull options for early British missile developmentNotable Point
  6. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:23:28Why naval Bloodhound lost to Sea DartQ&A
  7. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:48:38Why Talos cannot simply return in a Mark 41 cellQ&A
  8. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:14:51The elusive 1952 Vickers-Armstrong missile cruiserQ&A
  9. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    39:26Why a 1960s missile conversion of Yavuz fails at the hullQ&A
  10. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:52:39Favourite missiles: practical choices and failed designsQ&A
  11. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:55A missile-armed KGV hull arrives in 1938Q&A
  12. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:00Could Talos attack surface ships?Q&A
  13. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:32What a Talos hit might do to BismarckQ&A
  14. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:04Destroying scouts before they can report the fleetNotable Point
  15. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:45How large a ship needs to be for TalosQ&A
  16. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:48Talos impact energy, warhead, and residual fuelQ&A
  17. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:09A Talos-and-Harrier conversion of HMS VanguardQ&A
  18. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:16:29Why Talos found no export customersQ&A
  19. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:03Why Talos would add little in the Falklands WarQ&A
  20. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:21:33Building the Tiger-class cruisers with Talos from the outsetQ&A
  21. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    43:39Talos and the shipboard factory problemNotable Point
  22. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    43:44Talos, propulsion development, and Bendix's civilian engineeringNotable Point
  23. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:45:19Tartar and Talos represented different missile scalesQ&A
  24. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:53:24Why Talos had a nuclear air-defence optionQ&A
  25. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:16:38Was Sea Slug better than Talos?Q&A
  26. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:33Why the US Navy retired its older cruisersQ&A
  27. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    36:24Could Tiger-class cruisers become guided-missile ships?Q&A
  28. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:13:42Why Talos launchers did not receive successor missilesQ&A
  29. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:31Why an Albany-style missile conversion fits the Alaska classQ&A
  30. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:32:50Sea Dart technology in a Sea Slug-sized missileQ&A
  31. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    56:27Why the F6D Missileer arrived too earlyQ&A
  32. Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response
    35:52Why early surface-to-air missiles struggled against shipsQ&A
  33. Albany Class: Comment Response
    19:02Talos against aircraft and radar targets in VietnamNotable Point
  34. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    17:50Talos and the nuclear solution to uncertain targetingNotable Point