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2020-10-15

Diehl to Deliver More Anti-ship Missiles to German Navy

Diehl Defence and SAAB received an order from the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) on September 11, to produce additional guided missiles of the type RBS15 Mk3.
 
Delivery to the German Navy is scheduled to begin in 2023.
 
The Mark3 version of the heavy-weight anti-ship missile, jointly developed with SAAB, was first delivered in 2011 as main armament of the Corvette K 130. A framework agreement, which also provides for the procurement of further guided missiles, is the basis for the present supplementary procurement.
 
As early as 2018, Diehl Defence was charged with the installation of the required ship systems for the second lot of Corvettes K 130. According to Helmut Rauch, member of the Diehl Executive Board, the new contract award is again a sign of confidence from the German Navy and government authorities towards Diehl Defence and its strategic cooperation with SAAB in the field of modern weapons system destined for the Navy.
 
Diehl Defence produces the missiles in cooperation with SAAB at its company headquarters in Ueberlingen, Lake Constance and at its Maasberg plant located in Nonnweiler, Saarland, where the final assembly and tests are carried out. 
 
As new-generation, long-range guided missile with active radar seeker and a combination of inertial and GPS-based navigation, the Mk3 offers the naval forces a significant expansion of its previous capabilities. RBS15 Mk3 missiles are not only able to successfully engage ships from a distance but are also very effective in land targets.
 
Complex Challenges
Adverse weather, civilian vessels and a widening conflict scenario – the challenges facing forces in the littoral environment are increasingly complex.
 
It is in response to this that Diehl Defence and SAAB have developed the RBS15 anti-ship missile. The RBS15 missile benefits from decades of Swedish and German expertise and testing.
 
Equipped with a true all-weather target seeker, and operational from sea, land and air, it empowers forces to strike with confidence – whatever gets thrown at them.
 
The RBS15 anti-ship missile system can be used in many conflict levels and in asymmetric engagements, but has been designed for the worst-case scenario of symmetric conflict against a powerful and capable adversary.
 
Thus the system has to be operational at all times, whenever a potential attack may occur. 
 
In harsh weather with low visibility and in hostile electronic warfare environments where GPS and other support systems are unavailable, the missile is advanced enough to provide full operational capability despite these hardships and still deliver a punch with its powerful warhead.
 
The latest version, the RBS15 Mk3, offers the ability to utilise a range of more than 200 km to attack enemies from multiple angles using multiple 3D waypoints. 
 
The range combined with unlimited over-land strike capability enables ships to power deep inland and land-based systems to provide cover for smaller and less capable units on land and at sea. 
 
Multiple firing units and platforms can coordinate their attacks with a synchronised time on target, striking targets from multiple directions at the same time.
 
Robust operation means the missile will retain its operational effectiveness, in bad weather and despite hostile electronic counter-measures like jamming. While some competing products rely on GPS availability or data-links that can easily be jammed, the RBS15 Mk3 can benefit from those systems without being dependent on them – a crucial difference in hostile environments. 
 
Target Seeker
Key to RBS15’s reliability is its state-of-the-art radar target seeker. The ‘brain’ of the missile, the target seeker has been developed over the decades to deliver a combination of resolution and long-range detection.
 
A very high resolution aids the discrimination of countermeasures, and enables precise tracking and identification of targets amongst islands and other clutter. This true all-weather capability is essential in the littoral environment, where the weather can turn very quickly, and where speed, stealth and power mean very little if your target seeker is not equipped for adverse conditions.
 
The RBS15 has two side-mounted booster rockets filled with solid propellants that fire for three seconds when it is launched. These produce an enormous amount of power that is released in a very controlled manner. The thrust that is generated is enough to lift about eight tonnes into the air, enough to easily lift the largest African elephant.
 
The missile accelerates from 0-100 kilometres an hour in about half a second – about six times faster than the 2.9 seconds it takes a Ferrari 488 to do the same. Besides Germany and Sweden, various other European and non-European countries use the RBS15 weapon system.
 
Reference Text/photo: www.saab.com , www.diehl.com
 

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