AN/SPW-2

Manufacturer

Sperry

Band

C Band

Beam dimensions

Beam Cycle

30 Hz

Missile Guidance
Pulse Group

Triple Coded
25 kilowatts
900 pps PRF

Missile Control
Pulse Group

Arms the nuclear warhead or switches on Talos' SARH head, freeing it from guidance beam.

Minimum Range

2,000 yards

Maximum Range

212,000 yards

Notes:

Talos missile guidance radar. Antenna position controlled by AN/SPG-49.

It continued to be part of the Talos system in proposals in which AN/SPG-49 was replaced with more reliable/improved trackers.

From Serials 7 through 21, AN/SPW-2 was redesigned to accommodate the nuclear-enable and CW-homing enable features and redesignated AN/SPW-2B.