The General Dynamics RIM-24 Tartar was a medium-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM) and was among the earliest surface-to-air missiles to equip United States Navy ships. The Tartar was the third of the so-called 3 T’s the three primary SAMs the Navy fielded in the 1960s and 1970s the others being the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-8 Talos.
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