Originally Posted by
Leon Jabachjabicz
With a range of about 15nm the new CAMM with the highly capable Giraffe Radar will outsrip the current Rapier. However, if CAMM-ER is bought, with a rough 30nm range then that will be MSAM.
CAMM has also been christened Land CEPTOR to go alongside the maritime version Sea CEPTOR. The CAMM program will also see an improvement to ASRAAM as well
Here is a piccy of it in trials with the Gunners:
Looks very good. One of the biggest issues with Rapier is too short range compared to its competition like Roland or the SA-8. Of course had the US had something like Rapier it would have thrashed the guts out of rapier in overseas sales, but BAC got smart in the way they developed the system over the years, and the yanks made a pigs ear of their attempts to fill that requirement post a ground launched sidewinder (AKA Chaparral). The FSC system was a top bit of kit from everybody I know who worked on it. 30NM is most definitely an MSAM, but it is still a toy compared to the mighty mutt Mk 2.