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Rapier missiles at Dover & Ch' Tunnel

pirate | 04.08.2005 15:33 | Anti-militarism | Technology | South Coast | World

'Rapier' misiles have been installed near the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover in a 'supposed' training exercise.


Sorry this is a bit late, but the following was in a local kent freepaper (Saturday Observer) last Sat (Jul 30th) and also reported on local TV.

Min of Defense argued that it had nothing to do with 7/7 as it had been planned several months ago.

However, Just who are they thinking is going to attack either
site by air ?

I've only seen about 1 military jet and one helicopter (from the Shorncliffe barracks near Folkestone presumably), so far in the last 4 days, so doesn't seem to be much of an 'exercise'.

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www.kentonsunday.co.uk - original site.

DEFENCE missiles that can blow a hijacked airliner out of the sky up to four miles away will be deployed at the Channel Tunnel, the Saturday Observer can reveal.
The Rapier air defence system is part of the Ministry of Defence’s operation Summer Charge.
The missiles will be moved into position on Monday afternoon on MoD land overlooking the tunnel entrance at Cheriton as Britain steps up its anti-terror campaign.
Officially, Whitehall defence sources say the surface-to-air missiles’ arrival forms part of an exercise linked to Nato.
The system will be manned by troops from the 16th Regiment Royal Artillery at Shorncliffe Barracks.
Rapier missiles are the cutting edge of defence technology flying at Mach 2. Each system – which is highly mobile and has eight missiles on a rotating base – has a crew of two. The operators, nicknamed Cloudpunchers, can hit an aircraft travelling at one-and-a-half times the speed of sound.
Missiles utilise radio trackers (codenamed Blindfire) and have surveillance radar (codenamed Dagger) which can be targeted at hostile aircraft four miles away.
The system was developed in the early 1960s and a second-generation version was used to protect the ships of the Royal Navy taskforce during the Falklands War.
It was a great success and is credited with shooting down 20 Argentinian attack aircraft. But an electrical fault in a Rapier system left the troop ship Sir Galahad unable to defend itself and prevent the loss of 48 lives.
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The Reason Why

04.08.2005 17:16

Well hung troops are there with massive equipment just in case Pirate needs the occasional "Blow Job" or to be forcefully "taken from behind". I hope Pirate's arse hole can take the strain of such a pounding. Enjoy!

Smelly Scrote aka Seaman Staines


The fear factor

05.08.2005 07:52

It sounds like the whole Trident thing, Pirate. Practically, they'd be useless, just like bringing tanks into Heathrow (was it Heathrow or Gatwick, I forget) Airport just before the huge anti-war march in London. Totally useless but sending a message that we all need to be afraid and that the government will keep us safe. It also sends the message 'Look, we need to keep spending money on this shit to keep you safe. You don't mind a few hospital closures for that now, do you?'

Flymo


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