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RBS15 Mk3

Anti-Ship Missile System with

Land Attack Capability

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RBS15 Mk3

New Generation Anti-Ship

Missile System

Diehl BGT Defence and Saab Dynamics

have developed and produced missiles

for various applications for more than

50 years. One of their most significant

developments is the RBS15 anti-ship mis-

sile family, which is in service or procure-

ment with several defence forces, such as

Sweden, Germany, Poland, Finland andothers. Three versions are available ship-

launched, truck-launched and air-launched.

RBS15 Mk3

For prese

and futur

requirem

The RBS15 Mk3 new-generation anti-ship

missile system, is a state-of-the-art system

that meets the demanding requirements

of todays and future naval scenarios. The

system is jointly produced and marketed

by Diehl BGT Defence, Germany and Saab

Dynamics, Sweden.

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The RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missile system has

the capability of precision engagement of both

surface and land targets at long range. It is

thus well suited to be the primary above sur-

face warfare weapon for ships of almost any

size.

It is an all-weather, true fire-and-forget,

sea-skimming, cruise type missile with an

active radar target seeker. The RBS15 Mk3 is

equipped with a GPS, which provides the sys-

tem with significant capability to engage both

littoral and land targets.

Besides the systems unrivalled operational

capability in scenarios ranging from traditional

blue water to littoral warfare and land attack,

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ts

the ability to acquire the correct target in order

to avoid collateral damage, will be even more

important in the future. Requirements will more

than ever before focus on properties like target

identification, precise navigation and excellent

defence penetration. Countermeasures are likely

to become even more sophisticated. The new

generation of missiles must be able to withstand

and cope with the targets expanding range of

both hard-kill and soft-kill options.

The RBS15 Mk3, with its inherent growth poten-

tial, will meet all these stringent requirements in

the complex future naval scenario.

ElectronicCountermeasures

Surface-to-AirMissiles

Close-In WeaponSystems

The RBS15 Mk3 defence penetration capability

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The RBS15 Mk3 is designed for superiority in

different scenarios:

Open-sea engagements

In a hostile environment, threats may suddenly

appear. The RBS15 Mk3 is prepared for thesituation through its advanced decision sup-

port, permitting a rapid response to the threat.

The long flight range also makes it possible to

strike from a stand-off distance. Pinpointing

and selecting true targets in an invasion fleet

and disregarding other vessels is also essential.

Consequently, the RBS15 Mk3 has a highly

evolved target discrimination and selection abil-

ity.

Littoral warfare

The combination of an extremely versatile tra-

jectory and seeker intelligence offers a unique

capability for engaging targets very close to

land or among islands or on land.

Land attack

The RBS15 Mk3 includes a state-of-the-art nav-

igation system with GPS, which provides the

system with a significant capability of engaging

concealed littoral targets as well as certain land

targets.

Operational

Scenarios

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Engagement Planning

Simulation mode

Simulated missile firings in user-

defined scenarios for training and

tactics development

An advanced user interface is provided

for operational support and to optimize the

engagement of the system in differentscenarios. The Missile Engagement Planning

System (MEPS) contains features such as:

Combat mode

Display of automatically generated

engagement plans

The Missile Engagement Planning System

Graphicuserinterface

Extensivedecisionsupport

Automaticengagementplangeneration Individualmissilepreparation

Tacticssimulatorforpre-andpost-firing

analysis as well as extensive training

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Main Characteristics

RBS15 Mk3

The RBS15 Mk3 is a fire and forget anti-ship

missile with all-weather, day and night opera-

tional capability.

The main characteristics are:

Operationalandtacticalversatilitywithavery

flexible trajectory, including

- flight range of 250+ km

- large number of waypoints and altitudes

- extremely low sea-skimming with sea-state

adaptation

Sophisticatedtargetdiscriminationandselec-

tion

Landattackcapability

Highdefencepenetrationcapability

- Soft-Kill resistance -Hard-Killresistance

Easyengagementplanning,includingexten-

sive decision support

Stealthfeatures:lowradarcrosssectionand

IR signature

Long Firing Range

Using the ships own sensors (radar, ESM etc.)

in combination with external sensors (e.g.

other ships or airborne early warning) allows

maximum exploitation of the RBS15 Mk3s fir-

ing range, from extremely short to very long.

Not only can attacks be mounted beyond the

range of the opponents offensive systems, but

they can also be carried out beyond the tar-

gets radar horizon.

The long flight range, combined with the use

of multiple waypoints, permits advanced tactics

such as attacking from any selected direction

and making use of terrain, such as islands, to

mask the missiles approach. It also gives a re-

attack capability.

Tactical advantages of long flight range

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Target discrimination and selection

Resistance against missiles, guns, CIWS etc.

Resistance against chaff, active jammers etc.

Target Discrimination and Selection

In littoral warfare and multi-target scenarios, a target discrimi-

nation and selection capability is vital, as is the need to avoid

collateral damage. With the RBS15 Mk3, specific target selec-

tion is achieved by a high-resolution radar seeker, intelligent

signal processing and a number of programmable parameters

such as target priority, search area size, target size, masking andattack direction.

Soft-Kill Resistance

The RBS15 Mk3 is designed to be highly resistant to all kinds

of ECM. Chaff, active jammers, decoys and other types of elec-

tronic countermeasures are effectively countered by the unique

combination of the inherent characteristics of the target seeker

itself and the sophisticated signal processing.

Hard-Kill Resistance

The success of a mission also depends on the ability to pen-

etrate a targets missile and gun defences.

The RBS15 Mk3 combines sea-state adapted extremely low sea-

skimming with unpredictable evasive manoeuvres and increased

thrust in the terminal phase. To further improve the hit prob-

ability against heavily defended targets, RBS15 Mk3 can be sal-

vo-launched. Missiles in the salvo are individually programmedto arrive simultaneously at the target from different directions,

thereby saturating the ships defences.

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System Configuration

Cost Effectiveness

Based on half a century of solid experience in

developing, producing and supporting advancedmissile systems, and applying modern methods

suchasContinuousAcquisitionandLife-cycle

Support(CALS),SaabDynamicsandDiehlBGT

Defence are prepared to deliver the most opera-

tionally capable and cost effective anti-ship missile

system.

The cornerstones of the RBS15 Mk3s high relia-

bil-ity and its low life-cycle cost are:

State-of-the-art electronics and carefully selected

subunits

Maintenanceconceptwithon-linefunction

monitoring and built-in test

Long-termsupport,throughoutthesystems

lifetime

Extensivesupplysupport

In-customer-countrymaintenance

Lowlife-cyclecost

RBS15 Mk3 canister

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Missile Design

The missile has cruciform wings and canards

with elevons on the wings. In its ship- and truck-launched version, it is launched by means of two

booster motors. Sustainer power is provided by

a variable-thrust turbo-jet engine. The state-of-

the-art guidance and control system consists

mainly of a high-performance inertial measure-

ment unit and a GPS receiver, a radar altimeter

and a sophisticated radar target seeker.

The inherent characteristics of the target seeker

(e.g. high resolution, frequency agility, jittered

PRF and high processing power) make it highly

resistant to ECM.

The devastating effect is ensured by an opti-

mizedheavyHEblastandfragmentationwar-

head.

Length 4.35mFuselage diameter 0.50 mWing span 1.40 mWeight excl. boosters 630 kgWeight incl. boosters 800 kg

Weight 800 kg

Missile

Canister

Cruciform wings, retractedduring storage Turbojet engine

Warhead and fuel section

Propulsion section

Missile configuration

Guidance and electronics section

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The RBS15 Family

RBS15 Mk3

Ship-launched

Air-launched

Truck-launched

The RBS15 Mk3 is easily installed onnaval craft ranging from fast patrolboats upwards. Integration withthe Combat Management Systemis simple and can be done eitherstand-alone or fully integrated.

The truck-launched missile batteryis highly mobile and can be rapidlydeployed.Overlandflightcapability

allows missile firing from concealedpositions far from the coastline.

The tactical range of the air-launched version gives a powerful

and in-depth anti-invasion defence.

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The effect is devastating

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Diehl BGT Defence GmbH & Co. KG

P.O. Box 10 11 55

88641 berlingen/Germany

Phone +49 7551 89-6122Fax +49 7551 89-4080

info@diehl-bgt-defence.de

www.diehl.com

SAAB DYNAMICS

Saab Dynamics AB

SE-581 88 Linkping Sweden

Phone +46 13 18 60 00Fax +46 13 18 60 06

www.saabgroup.com

info@saabgroup.com

Saab Dynamics and Diehl BGT Defences policy

is one of continuous improvement, offering the

customer the latest development.

In addition, flight altitudes, waypoints, target

seeker programming, terminal manoeuvres etc.

can be adapted to give a customer-unique set

of characteristics.

Continous Product Improvement will allow the

RBS15 Mk3 to be upgraded during its lifetime

in order to adapt to the evolving threat and to

meet new tactical requirements.

Saab Dynamics and Diehl BGT Defence will fur-

ther enhance operational potential with a pre-

cision land strike capability based for example

on incorporation of a dual-mode radar/imaging

IR seeker, enhanced warhead and data link

capability for target updates and missile redi-

rection.