Many of us thought that scary bangs included, it couldn’t get any better ! I’ve just read that the missiles to be installed can’t be used in poor visibility.
John Green
Ah, that will be Rapier then. When I worked along side them down the Falklands 82, they were optically tracked to the target.
I don’t understand you’re problem with this type of SAM, bearing in mind the target aircraft also has to visually aquire its target, therefore, whats a visibility issue for one, is a visibility issue for the other.
Rapier was upgraded to ‘Blindfire’ after the Falklands so I don’t know how much better it became.
I wrote in my diary at the time the system was “..a little fussy..” but I believe they were firing off older rounds taken out of storage. Care had to be taken when stood behind the missile (even 100ft away) when fired as it would lob a 2lb plastic cap very high speed at you.
Anybody on here work with ‘Blindfire’ know the difference?
Baz
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