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THBCold War-Era U.S. Navy Talos Missile Contractor Model
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About Auction
TimedMay 16, 2017 - May 31, 2017
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- Lot Description
About Nicholas Brawer: Nicholas Brawer opened his Gallery in 2008, located in a neo-French Renaissance townhouse at 28 East 72nd Street at Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Described by Departures Magazine as a “jewel box of a space,” Nicholas selects only pieces of the most impeccable quality, specializing in industrial antiques and sporting works of art.
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A one-of-a-kind, oversized contractor model of the U.S. Navy's Talos Radar Intercept Missile manufactured by the Bendix Corporation. American, circa 1958. A white paint-ed wood model in two sections, with black number markings reading "142" on a pol-ished aluminum stand. The Radar Intercept Missile (RIM) 8 Talos was one of the earliest surface-to-air missiles to be installed on US Navy ships. The Talos used a radar beam for guidance to the area of its target, whereupon it would switch to semi-active radar homing through the array of four pointed receivers on the nose to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft. In this respect the RIM-8 was a first in missile technology. The weapon's large size at over 11 meters long, however, limited its deployment to the larger cruisers in the US Navy. A later variant was equipped with a nuclear warhead. Both the ground-to-ground and air-to-air versions saw use in the Vietnam War, with some success. By the end of that conflict, the RIM-8 was on the road to retirement from service, with active use terminated in 1980. This custom model pays tribute to a remarkable feat of Cold War engineering.
Height 61in.
ExcellentCondition
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