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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,
t
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
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
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.