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Rapier

Ground-based air defence (medium and long range) · Land · BAe Dynamics · United Kingdom

Wikidata: 1970s surface-to-air missile system by BAC

Operators among the 24
3
Active, across the 24
116
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1971

Catalogue entry

First flight or launch
–
In service
1971
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
BAe Dynamics
Also seen as
Ground-based air defence (short range)
Wikidata classes
artillery family
Identifiers
Q665752 · factbase.org/sys/ZGJY7EDT60 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Variants

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
Türkiye86Rapier 2000
Iran30
Australiaheld

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1971: 121972: 451975: 361976: 401978: 201982: 721983: 921985: 211986: 571987: 6231993: 121996: 141997: 781998: 122002: 20197119872002max 623
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Rapier by year

Recipients: United States (646), Türkiye (164), Iran (81), Switzerland (60), Indonesia (51), Oman (40), Australia (40), Singapore (24), Zambia (12), United Arab Emirates (12), Brunei (12), Qatar (12).

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