Medium rangeStatic

Rapier

BAC Rapier FSA · Rapier FSA

Static medium range system, command guided missile. 12 missiles ready per battery. The launchers cannot fire without the Rapier STR.

Distance from the site

SearchSRRapier OTR

11 nm

TrackTRRapier STR

16 nm

Launch zoneLNRapier LN

0.2–16 nm

05101520 nm

Altitude the missile reaches

Missile altitudeMSLRapier

160–9,800 ft

06k12k ft

Kill from the left. Each unit stops everything to its right.

- needs
  - needs↺ Rapier LN
- fired by

Not needed to fireKilling it stops nothing.

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Tracks and guides out to 16 nm. Kill it and the launchers cannot fire. It takes 0.1 s to lock once cued. It shows as “RP” on your RWR (HARM 124).

WhereThe site is laid out around it. Rapier STR sits at the centre.

Detection

Detects at: 16 nm
Locks at: 11 nm
Target altitude: 70 ft to 26,200 ft
Antenna elevation: -5° to 60°
Antenna height: 10 ft
Scan period: 1 s
Notch speed: 19 kt
Smallest target: 0.1 m²

Timing

Track reaction: 0.1 s

Engagement

Turret slew: 69°/s

On your RWR

RWR symbol: “RP”
HARM code: 124

In the site

Units in the site: 1
Needs
Needed by
Road speed: Static

DCS 2.9.30.28718 · datamine 2.9.30.28718_2026-10-07T161222 · DCS model values, not real-world performance

In DCS for 20 countries: Australia, Combined Joint Task Forces Blue, Combined Joint Task Forces Red, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, USA, USAF Aggressors, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Peacekeepers.