Talk:Rapier (missile)

message: It might be worth adding a list of users to this page. Does anyone have one?
:There is such a list in the infobox, or was this not what you wanted? Andreww 09:50, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: User list

message: This article needs to cite its sources. --Philip Baird Shearer 10:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: I think the number of 14 kills plus 6 probables is way over.  I recall most sources put the number of confirmed kills in low single figures.  Toby Douglass 14:26, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: An unknown user reverted this change without comment.  Please explain/discuss this matter. Toby Douglass 13:24, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  No response has occurred.  I have reintroduced my change. Toby Douglass 11:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

text: I Suggest you look a bit harder - 
In April 1982 the battery joined 3 Commando Brigade as part of the Falklands Task Force. They landed at San Carlos on 21st May and were finally credited with 14 confirmed kills and 4 -6 probable hits on enemy aircraft. After the return from the Falklands the Battery moved to BAOR in 1985 and converted to Tracked Rapier.
 Justin talk 08:54, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Rapier kills in the Falklands

message: I once heard that the CPU of the Rapiar was the Motorola 68008, the same processor used in the Sinclair QL and the Merlin Tonto/ICL One Per Desk. As I don't know if this is true or not, I ask here rather than in the main body, did the Rapiar use the Motorola 68008 as it's main processor?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Acb58 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: CPU Used

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message: Hi.  The lead suggests that the missile would go out of service in the UK last year. The source used to back this up doesn't seem to contain anything about the UK out of service date.  I've done some googling and it looks like the missile is still in use, there is certainly nothing obvious to confirm it is out of service.  Is there anyone more knowledgeable lurking who can find a source one way or another and update the lead? RicDod (talk) 19:04, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it still in service in the UK? 

message: My father who worked for Cossar designed and built the Rapier system using the IFF tracking 
He first used my sisters old record player to make the Ariel rotate and I remember him leaving the electronics in our hallway at home prior to trials
I had much fun playing with the equipment on the floor when I was a child and went along to see it in action 
I did make a mistake when making my school project all about the missile system complete with drawings and explanation of how it worked 
To my dad’s horror when he visited my school open day and saw all this classified information on general display to all 
He of course returned home with my project under his arm but saw the funny side of it
Unfortunately he has died now but it still brings back many happy memories when I see the Rapier mentioned
Originally known as Vic’s miniatures 
P Howlngs 109.249.183.27 (talk) 11:04, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe you may be confusing Rapier with Brakemine. Cossar was already gone by the time the Rapier project started. What is the time frame of the record player system you describe? Maury Markowitz (talk) 00:11, 9 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: COSSOR... A.C. Cossor Ltd. Purchased by Raytheon in 1961.86.165.87.235 (talk) 00:11, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The original rapier system built by cossar 

message: the cited source details "Blackheath Common, Blackheath (Lewisham/Greenwich)" as a missile location, whereas the Blackheath common linked Blackheath_Common appears near Guildford in surrey, whereas the remaining sites are grouped around the Olympic park in east London, and the Lewisham/Greenwich location listed in the cited source make Blackheath,_London a more probable match. EnviableOn (talk) 18:49, 13 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: It was Blackheath, London. I saw the Rapier installation there every day during the 2012 Olympics when driving to and from work86.165.87.235 (talk) 00:16, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  2012 Olympic deployment sites 

message: A user, Fabrice Ram, recently added an entire section claiming that the United States procured Rapier missiles in large quantities in the early-80s with zero citations.
I can find zero evidence of this in other sources or my own prior knowledge on the subject. 
Recommending this for removal. 2607:FB91:1CE0:EECD:AD3:CA58:9D3E:F60F (talk) 17:45, 19 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rapier use by USA