London Olympics: MoD Shows Off Rapier Missile System
London Olympics: MoD Shows Off Rapier Missile System
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Added: May-4-2012
By: Illness
In: Other News
Tags: London Olympics, MoD, Rapier
Location: London, England, United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
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By: Illness
In: Other News
Tags: London Olympics, MoD, Rapier
Location: London, England, United Kingdom (UK/GB) (load item map)
Marked as: approved
Views: 3190 | Comments: 36 | Votes: 0 | Favorites: 1 | Shared: 0 | Updates: 0 | Times used in channels: 2
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Interesting where the world is going when you require a missile system for a sporting event. I guess it's better to have it and not need it then to need it and not have it.
Posted May-4-2012 Byyoshiegg2000 (88.20) 
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@yoshiegg2000 It's where a society with demented religious ideas and a few too many degenerate murderers force us to go.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@scubasteve075 Yea but there's been a permanent target rich environment and they haven't pulled of a major attack in years, that suggests we're being successful.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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A very cool system. Multiple firing modes, optical, thermal, radar and pointer with a very intuitive firing interface and even laser targeting now.
I've seen video of one of these leave the rail and it was unbelievably agile.
Just about every part of it has been upgraded since I worked on a training system for it.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@dorbie
I played on that simulator, my father was an ERF engineer on Rapier for BAe
Posted May-4-2012 Byskerne (369.56) skerne View Channel Send Message
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@skerne Awesome :-), not sure if it's the same sim though, should have been in use around 1995 or 96 onwards. Had optical and thermal support and the pointing stick in front of a projection screen. Largely used for target identification and scenario training. Helos and aircraft flying behind trees etc. It was a nice little setup. You could run it trivially on a laptop these days, but back then it took a workstation costing about $20k.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@dorbie
It was the 1980's simulator i used. I remember some of the equipment using 12in floppy disks
Posted May-5-2012 Byskerne (369.56) skerne View Channel Send Message
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@skerne I probably helped with the upgrade to that then.
Posted May-7-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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did anyone see the footage last night of the rapier missiles sat unguarded while some random filmed them in bags after been deliverd? MOD said "its ok they were duds" yeah right
Posted May-4-2012 Byjay333dee (339.00) jay333dee View Channel Send Message
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@jay333dee
You cannot deliver Rapier live. It has to be set up first and then live missiles loaded.
Posted May-4-2012 Byskerne (369.56) skerne View Channel Send Message
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The olympics just got interesting.
Posted May-4-2012 Bypxr5 (304.86) 
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Im guessing all the airlines which fly out of Heathrow will be shitting themselves!
Posted May-4-2012 ByZeb (632.10) 
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@Zeb Exactly, I will be out for the time they got these beasts set up in London..
Posted May-4-2012 Bycaspa7 (97.28) caspa7 View Channel Send Message
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@Zeb They will have clearly designated flight corridors. Probably already do in fact. I'm guessing there won't be many squaddies named Mohammed manning the missile batteries.
There are last line of defense missiles permanently in Washington DC including secret service operated stinger missiles on the Whitehouse roof. There are also stingers stationed in Manhattan. There was even a Secret Service stinger missile IN the WTC when it collapsed.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@dorbie Strange you should mention it,but i had problems a couple of years ago in my works. With a muslim guy,turns out he was ex British navy,worked on misssiles,and had a degree in micro electronics.He had also served 8yrs in jail for blowing his shop up.Many a true thing, is said in jest!
Posted May-4-2012 Bydrivenwell2 (574.52) drivenwell2 View Channel Send Message
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We need to be seen to be doing something about the threat.
NO the threat is not a hijacked passenger plane.
The threat is unmanned aerial vehicles/small planes/helicopters/remote controlled planes and heli's.
ANYONE can walk into a shop, buy a radio controlled toy and strap something nasty to it. Fly it into the stadium.
The Rapier system is a DETERRENT! As it is in the Falklands.
IT WILL NEVER BE FIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted May-5-2012 Bykrustymiller (7.20) 
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yea boy get some
Posted May-4-2012 ByBIGLOUBRUNO (1936.30) 
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This is utter bullshit propaganda. Any air to ground attack could be negated long before it hit London. Putting missile systems on top of London roof's??? All that would do is insure debris hit residential area's. Shame on Britain for heightening paranoia. Surely they should be concentrating on small cells, with improvised IED's? Rather than a sophisticated military attack! Entirely see-through bullshit from our nanny state!
Posted May-4-2012 ByNoGodButAlan (359.10) 
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@NoGodButAlan Bollocks. Heathrow and Gatwick are right there.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@NoGodButAlan
Who's talking about sophisticated military attacks?? Did you see the video about Greenpeace dropping smoke bombs onto that French nuclear powerplant? That's all somebody would need to spark a mass panic.
But I'm with you on needless hightening of the paranoia - some well-hidden Stingers would help against a powered paraglider, too.
Posted May-4-2012 Bywiredelectrician (13.04) 
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@dorbie
Rapiers range is not that good, its a last resort.
Posted May-4-2012 Byskerne (369.56) skerne View Channel Send Message
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@skerne It may not be that good but that is irrelevant, I was posting in response to someone who claimed that all threats could be eliminated prior to reaching the stadium, and that claim was simply WRONG. The target is minutes from two major airports and major congested flight routes.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydorbie (2528.20) dorbie View Channel Send Message
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@dorbie
4 major airports actually - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead & London City.
Posted May-5-2012 Byccfc (210.22) 
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What do they have in place to deal with two legged bombs?
Posted May-4-2012 ByBawbag (762.00) 
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@Bawbag
The met, shoot first, ask later
Posted May-4-2012 Byskerne (369.56) skerne View Channel Send Message
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Welcome to the Terrolympics 2012...Welcome to the New World Order.
Posted May-4-2012 ByTallaxo (25.06) 
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new olimpycs probe??/
Posted May-4-2012 Bywyo112 (166.40) 
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Missile at the Olympics are not new
Athens - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-2070191/London-2012-Olympics-Funding-doubled-opening-ceremonies.html
Bejing - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/2193220/Beijing-Olympics-2008-China-installs-missile-batteries-to-protect-Games.html
So quit your moaning.
Posted May-4-2012 Bydistantkilljoy (26.70) 
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What if his mum will be in the plane that he has to shoot down?
Posted May-4-2012 Bycaspa7 (97.28) caspa7 View Channel Send Message
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They think someone is gonna fly a plane in the stadium? this is crazy! fear-mongering at work...
Posted May-4-2012 Byiranium (172.96) iranium View Channel Send Message
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