New Rapier missile

Title

New Rapier missile

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Report on the Tracked Rapier, the army’s new mobile version of the Rapier missile which received criticism during the Falklands War. Includes interview with John Parkhouse, Managing Director of the Dynamics Group of British Aerospace which manufactures the weapon. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Parkhouse

Keywords

British Aerospace; Weapons; Missiles; Falklands War (1982)

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