Project Kingfisher
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This article is about the U.S. Navy weapons program. For the park project in Birmingham, England, see Kingfisher Country Park.
Project Kingfisher was a weapons-development program initiated by the United States Navy during the latter part of World War II. Intended to provide aircraft and surface ships with the ability to deliver torpedoes to targets from outside the range of defensive armament, six different missile concepts were developed; four were selected for full development programs, but only one reached operational service.
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Kingfisher | |
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Type | Anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine missiles |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1956–1959 |
Used by | United States Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | National Bureau of Standards |
Designed | 1944–1956 |
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