Typhon Combat System

The "Typhon Combat System" was an integrated weapons system being developed by the United States Navy. The system was being developed to replace the previous Talos, Terrier, and Tartar missile systems in service in the early 1960s. The earlier systems were determined to be vulnerable to saturation by large scale missile attacks. The center of the system was a multifunction radar called AN/SPG-59. The AN/SPG-59 would provide search, tracking, and guidance functions to the new missiles being developed, the Terrier sized RIM-50 Typhon extended range, and the Tartar sized RIM-55 Typhon Medium range. The Typhon missiles would have inertial guidance and would time share the AN/SPG-59 radar's terminal illumination capabilities.

Project Cancellation and Restructuring

The program was canceled in 1963 when it was overwhelmed by technical problems and well over budget. The project was restructured in to the Advanced Surface Missile System (ASMS). The ASMS was renamed the Aegis combat system in 1969.

Typhon not Typhoon

The system is named for the mythologic personality Typhon from Greek myths and not the tropical storm typhoon.

ee also

*AN/SPG-59
*Aegis combat system
*USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
*RIM-50 Typhon
*RIM-55 Typhon