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I was working on some ideas for the Royal Navy in the late 1970's, and one of the ideas that caught my attention was the similarity between the Rapier missile and the Sea Wolf. I wanted to know if the Royal Navy might be able to adopt a version of the Rapier Blindfire to replace the Sea Cat, instead of spending the money to develop an entirely new missile like Sea Wolf. Their performance seems similar enough (if anything Rapier was slightly superior to the early Sea Wolf), yet I can't find anything that indicates Rapier was ever considered for naval applications. Does anyone know if this would have been practical or not?
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