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    Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns. The system is unusual as it...
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  • of the Sky Sabre/Land Ceptor air defence system, which replaced the Rapier missile from 2021. The development of CAMM is also contributing to the updating...
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    function and operation, are systems like the British Rapier missile and French Crotale missile systems, which some consider to have somewhat less performance...
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    a second radar (a K-band set based on the Blindfire tracker of the Rapier missile, to control engagements at low level) and was fitted in the 7th Type...
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    The North American XF-108 Rapier was a proposed long-range, high-speed interceptor aircraft designed by North American Aviation intended to defend the...
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  • Ex-Netherlands)". www.cmano-db.com. "SAM Plt/2 (Rapier B1X) (2x + Dagger pr Plt)". www.cmano-db.com. "Radar (Dagger) (Rapier)". www.cmano-db.com. "Selex ES receives...
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  • States missiles sorted alphabetically: 1Australian target missile briefly used by the United States Navy. 2The United States procured Rapier missile systems...
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    also loaded with four Rapier missiles and guidance equipment; and a 109 Land Rover to tow a reload trailer with 9 Rapier missiles and loaded with the unit's...
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  • politician Rapier (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe A device that is employed in a rapier loom Rapier (missile), a British...
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    include Army Rapier and Blowpipe missiles and ship-based 40 mm gunfire. On 12 June, HMS Glamorgan launched a Seacat at an incoming Exocet missile which may...
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    the much smaller Rapier missile as it became available. Thunderbird traces its history to the 1947 reorganisation of British missile projects. At the...
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    UK's Rapier system included a simple radar that displayed the rough direction of a target on a series of lamps arranged in a circle. The missile operator...
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  • "Azarakhsh Air Defense Missile System". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05. Administrator. "Azarakhsh Air Defense Missile System". www.armyrecognition...
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  • Blowpipe missile Javelin missile Rapier missile Sea Slug missile Sea Wolf missile Starstreak missile English Electric Thunderbird Sea Cat/Tiger Cat missile Sea...
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    While the British took a longer-term approach and developed the new Rapier missile, the US Army and Navy scrambled to find a system that could be deployed...
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  • BAe Dynamics (category Guided missile manufacturers)
    European missile manufacturer, Matra BAe Dynamics. This group now forms part of MBDA. ALARM (missile), built with Marconi Space and Defence Systems Rapier (missile)...
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    MIM-46 Mauler (category Abandoned military rocket and missile projects of the United States)
    left them with the same problem. They developed RIM-7 Sea Sparrow and Rapier missile, respectively, to fill these needs. After WWII, the US Army's first...
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  • Air Defence Regiment / Rapier Missile FS.A Launcher x 12、Land Rover 101 Forward Control x 12 Air Defence Troop / Blowpipe Missile launchers x 12 Leyland...
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    to rigorous testing, but the project was cancelled in favor of the Rapier missile. The actual weapon system formed the FlaK-Turm ("Flak turret"), which...
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  • ballistic missile. In RAF service from 1959 to 1963. See Project Emily Bloodhound - Land-based surface-to-air missile. In RAF service 1958 to 1991. Rapier - Land-based...
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    surface finishing of all aircraft, ground equipment and RAF Regiment Rapier missile systems. In 2002, it was handed over to the British Army and renamed...
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    AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Rapier (missile) 9K31 Strela-1 "TM 9-1425-1585-10-1 Improved Chaparral System". "Air Defense Artillery". 1983. "MIM-72 Missile Information"...
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  • UK from 1958 till 1991. Blowpipe (missile) – Man portable surface-to-air missile from 1975 til 1985 Rapier (missile) – Came into service at start of 1970s...
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  • aircraft and missile. It was given to BAC who developed it further as the Rapier missile; it entered service in 1971. He married Margaret Whalley in 1942 in...
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  • Raynham with No 101 Squadron; the Bristol Bloodhound and BAe Dynamics Rapier missiles to represent air defence roles; the English Electric Canberra, the...
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    including the 35 mm Oerlikon GDF-002 twin cannon and Roland missile. The Rapier missile system was the primary GBAD system, used by both British artillery...
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    Brimstone is a ground or air-launched ground attack missile developed by MBDA UK for the UK's Royal Air Force. It was originally intended for "fire-and-forget"...
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  • SAM) SİPER (Long-range SAM) Dnipro Thunderbird (missile) Blowpipe Bristol Bloodhound Javelin Rapier Sea Cat – United Kingdom Sea Slug Sea Dart Sea Wolf...
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  • self-propelled and 24x towed Rapier missile systems) 16th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, Kirton in Lindsey, UK, (48x towed Rapier missile systems, 1x Battery...
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  • standard anti-aircraft gun for the Army until it was replaced by the Rapier missile in the 1970s. In the late 1940s the British Army began the process of...
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