So, okay, so the Rapier missile system
In the early 70s, 1970s, that is.
And it's.
The component parts of the system are
in from about 15 or 20 kilometres away.
It's very accurate.
And then the system itself, it looks like.
It looks like a huge kind of dustbin
four or eight missiles strapped
And when you detect a hostile aircraft
it can fire in one of two ways.
It can either fire
The missile is about two metres long,
it's got a proximity warhead,
target, it'll detonate,
at high speed and knock
So it can either be guided by the radar or
usually in a trench about 20 metres away
who can guide the missile on by eye,
And it'll.
He could direct the missile
So that's how it works.
And around an airbase you might have
fire units in a circle.
And they've all got a sort
They overlap, but always careful not
fire missiles back into the station.
So it's all very well so
It's out of date now.
I mean, it's been taken out of service
suitable for the threats.
But at the time
or Soviet aircraft could be expected to be
attacking our airfields, it was a very,
