British Army's newest Sky Sabre air defense system delivered to Poland

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The 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 Giraffe0, 2) The Battle Management Command & Control Communications centre. 3) The Land Ceptor missile delivery vehicle. 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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