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Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System

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The Tartar FCS receives target designation information from the WDS. The system then acquires and tracks the target, positions the missile launcher, programs the missile with intercept data, and lets the WDS know that it is ready to fire. Once the missile is fired, the FCS provides CW illumination of
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The Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System is a component of the overall Tartar Weapons System. It consists of the target illuminators and associated computer systems needed to fire a missile once a target has been identified. It operates in conjunction with the weapon direction systems (WDS), the
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Starting in the middle 1960s a new family of guided missiles referred to as the Standard missiles were developed to replace the poor performing missiles used by existing fire control systems. The RIM-66A/B Standard replaced the earlier RIM-24C Tartar used by the system. The new missile made Tartar
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systems on the SM-2 and time share illumination radars for semi-active homing in the terminal phase of the intercept, increasing the number of targets the Tartar system could attack at the same time. The
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to defend warships from air attack. Since its introduction the system has been improved and sold to several United States allies.
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into a true medium ranged system. Besides having longer range than the RIM-24, the new missile was more accurate and reliable.
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ship's long-range air search radars, and the guided missile launch system (GMLS) to engage air targets.
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There are two major families of Tartar FCS: the Mk. 74 and the Mk. 92. The latter is used on the
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and the former is used everywhere else. Each Mk 74 includes the
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Index

Fire Control System
United States Navy

RIM-66 Standard
launcher
French frigate Cassard

AN/SPG-51
Oliver Hazard Perry-class
frigate
AN/SPG-51
cruiser
destroyers
California-class cruisers
Virginia-class cruisers
Kidd-class destroyers
Charles F. Adams-class destroyers
fleet escorts
French Navy
Cassard
Jean Bart
New Threat Upgrade
inertial guidance
New Threat Upgrade
Aegis Combat System
saturation missile attacks
Fire-control system
RIM-66 Standard

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