RBS-15 Missile

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Swedish aerospace and defence company, Saab, has showcased the capabilities of its RBS-15 missile to destroy the components of the Russian S-400 system.

About RBS-15 Missile

• The RBS-15 (Robotsystem 15) is a fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile with land attack capability. 
• The missile was developed by the Swedish company Saab Bofors Dynamics.

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RBS-15 Missile Features

• It has a length of 4.35 m, a fuselage diameter of 0.5 m, and a wingspan of 1.4 m.
• The launch and in-flight weights of the missile are 800 kg and 650 kg, respectively. 
• It can hit targets up to 200 km, moving at a subsonic speed of Mach 0.9.
• Warhead: 200 kg high-explosive (HE) blast and pre-fragmented warhead.
• It is a low sea-skimming missile performing unpredictable evasive manoeuvres. 
• The RBS15 guidance and control system includes an inertial navigation system and a GPS receiver, a radar altimeter, and a Ku-band radar target seeker. 
• The missile features a low radar cross section and IR signature. 
• It has sophisticated target discrimination and selection capabilities. 
• It is extremely resistant to chaff, active jammers, decoys, and other electronic countermeasures (ECM).
• The missile engagement planning system (MEPS) provides an advanced user interface for generating plans for different scenarios.

Source: WEEK