1. Weapon
  2. Rapier Mk1

Basic Information

Type： Guided Weapon Cruise Altitude： 0 m Air Range： 0.2 - 5 nm Air Hit Rate： 65 %
Length： 2.24 m Climb Rate： 295 m/s Surface Range： 0 - 0 nm Surface Hit Rate： 0 %
Span： 0.4 m Launch Altitude： 0 - 0 m Land Range： 0 - 0 nm Land Hit Rate： 0 %
Diameter： 0.13 m Launch Speed： 0 - 0 kt Subsurface Range： 0 - 0 nm Subsurface Hit Rate： 0 %
Weight： 43 kg Target Altitude (AGL)： 9.1 - 3657.6 m Target Speed： 0 - 700 kt CEP, Surface： 0 m
Waypoint Number： 0 Target Altitude (ASL)： 0 - 19812 m CEP, Land 0 m

Sensor Parameters

Model Purpose Range Scan Interval Generation
Not recorded in database

Weapon Capabilities

Anti-Air All-Aspect

Targets

Aircraft Helicopter

Signatures

Type Front Side Rear
Passive Sonar, VLF (0-1000 Hz, 200 Hz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, LF (1-5 KHz, 3 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, MF (5-10 KHz, 7.5 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Passive Sonar, HF (10-500 KHz, 20 KHz Center Frequency) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Active Sonar, VLF-HF (0-500 KHz) 0 dB 0 dB 0 dB
Visual Detection Range 1.22 nm 3.34 nm 1.22 nm
Visual Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Infrared Detection Range 0.46 nm 3.15 nm 8.12 nm
Infrared Classification Range 0 nm 0 nm 0 nm
Radar, A-D Band (30-2000 MHz) -20.8 dBsm (0.00832 m²) -17.4 dBsm (0.0182 m²) -20.8 dBsm (0.00832 m²)
Radar, E-M Band (2-100 GHz) -20.8 dBsm (0.00832 m²) -17.4 dBsm (0.0182 m²) -20.8 dBsm (0.00832 m²)

Datalink

Type Model Range Channels
Rapier Weapon Link Rapier Missile Datalink 10 nm 1

Warhead

Sequence Model Type Damage Points Explosive Type
1 Rapier [2.7kg/6lb Blast/Frag] Fragmentation 0.94 Fragmentation [kg], Prefragmented

Fuel

Fuel Type Fuel Capacity
Rocket Fuel 20

Carried / Used By

Platform Type Platform Name Country/Region Year Commissioned Usage
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1981 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 Australia 1980 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom - Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Bty1x Bty
 Iran - Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x or Plt
 UAE - Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty, 1x Bty
 Brunei - Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 Australia 1988 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1987 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1987 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Turkey 1986 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Switzerland 1986 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Indonesia 1986 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Singapore 1983 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
198x, 2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty, 2x Bty
 Oman - Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB2 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1991 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB2 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1991 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier Tracked)
2x pr Plt, 2x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1987 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Tracked Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier Tracked)
2x pr Plt, 2x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1983 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Tracked Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1972 Mount / Launcher
Rapier Mk1 Fire Unit
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1981 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 Australia 1980 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom - Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Bty1x Bty
 Iran - Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x or Plt
 UAE - Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSA Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty, 1x Bty
 Brunei - Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 Australia 1988 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1987 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1987 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Turkey 1986 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Switzerland 1986 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Indonesia 1986 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt
 Singapore 1983 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB1 Blindfire)
198x, 2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty, 2x Bty
 Oman - Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB2 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1991 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier FSB2 Blindfire)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1991 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier Tracked)
2x pr Plt, 2x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1987 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Tracked
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier Tracked)
2x pr Plt, 2x Plt pr Bty
 United Kingdom 1983 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Tracked
Facility SAM Plt/2 (Rapier)
2x pr Plt, 3x Plt pr Bn
 United Kingdom 1972 Magazine
Rapier Mk1 Mobile