English: Pictured are 16th Regiment, The Royal Regiment of Artillery soldiers demonstrating the Sky Sabre Air defence missile system.Left to right, Radar Targeting System Vehicle with the 'Giraffe' Radar deployed,Command and Control Vehicle and the Missile Launcher Vehicle housing the CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missiles).British Army has taken delivery of its brand new state-of-the-art intermediate air defence system, Sky Sabre.It marks a wholesale upgrade to the venerable Rapier system that has now been in service for nearly five decades. Sky Sabre, comprising of three separate components:1) The Agile Multi-Beam surveillance radar (affectionally referred to as the Giraffe,2) The Battle Management Command&Control Communications centre.3) The Land Ceptor missile delivery vehicle. (All are pictured together for the purposes of the photographs; on the battlefield they could be expected to operate up to 15Km apart).The system has the ability to engage multiple targets simultaneously and can take out aircraft, drones and even laser guided bombs at a range of 120Km using the CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) travelling at over 2300 miles per hour.
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Pictured are 16th Regiment, The Royal Regiment of Artillery soldiers demonstrating the Sky Sabre Air defence missile system.Left to right, Radar Targeting System Vehicle with the 'Giraffe' Radar deployed,Command and Control Vehicle and the Missile Launcher Vehicle housing the CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missiles).British Army has taken delivery of its brand new state-of-the-art intermediate air defence system, Sky Sabre.It marks a wholesale upgrade to the venerable Rapier system that has now been in service for nearly five decades. Sky Sabre, comprising of three separate components:1) The Agile Multi-Beam surveillance radar (affectionally referred to as the Giraffe,2) The Battle Management Command&Control Communications centre.3) The Land Ceptor missile delivery vehicle. (All are pictured together for the purposes of the photographs; on the battlefield they could be expected to operate up to 15Km apart).The system has the ability to engage multiple targets simultaneously and can take out aircraft, drones and even laser guided bombs at a range of 120Km using the CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) travelling at over 2300 miles per hour.