Sunday, November 23, 2008

Rapier Mk2

Origin
United States of America

Contractor/s
MBDA

Applications
Jernas
Rapier

Description: The Rapier is a supersonic, high maneuverable, surface-to-air missile designed to engage aircraft, helicopters, UAVs and cruise/standoff missiles. It is a semi-active radar guided missile used by the Rapier and Jernas air defense systems.

The Rapier missile features an active laser proximity fuzed warhead.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 170 mm, Length 2.2 m

Weights: Max Weight 43 kg (95 lb)

Performance: Ceiling 3,000 m (9,843 ft), Max Range 8,000 m (26,247 ft), Service Life 10 yr, Top Speed 830 mps (Mach 2.50)

Rapier Mk2 - Contracts, Orders & Sales

see transactions report

Storm Shadow (in 2005 and 2006), ASRAAM (in 2005 and 2006), Brimstone (in 2005 and 2006), HVM HEK (in 2005 and 2006) and Rapier (in 2005) missile systems (2,679 missiles in 2005 and 3,530 missiles in 2006); items: 6,209; United Kingdom national production procurement between 2005 and 2006
Items: 6,209

Rapier Mk2 missiles (undisclosed missiles in 2006 and 2007); items: 198; transferred from United Kingdom to Switzerland between 2005 and 2007
Items: 198

Delivery	Items
2005	198

Operators

see operators map

Oman

Singapore

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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