{"id":82806,"date":"2026-01-16T13:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T07:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=82806"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:31:33","slug":"rbs-15-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rbs-15-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"RBS-15 Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>RBS-15 Missile Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swedish aerospace and defence company, Saab, has showcased the capabilities of its RBS-15 missile to destroy the components of the Russian <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/s-400-air-defence-missile-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">S-400 system<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About RBS-15 Missile<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RBS-15<\/span><b> (Robotsystem 15)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>land attack capability.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile was <\/span><b>developed by the Swedish company Saab<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bofors Dynamics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>RBS-15 Missile <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a length of 4.35 m, a fuselage diameter of 0.5 m, and a wingspan of 1.4 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The launch and in-flight weights of the missile are 800 kg and 650 kg, respectively.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>hit targets up to 200 km,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> moving at a<\/span><b> subsonic speed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Mach 0.9.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Warhead:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 200 kg <\/span><b>high-explosive (HE) blast and pre-fragmented warhead.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>low sea-skimming missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> performing unpredictable evasive manoeuvres.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RBS15 <\/span><b>guidance <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and control system includes an <\/span><b>inertial navigation system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a <\/span><b>GPS receiver, a radar altimeter, a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd a <\/span><b>Ku-band radar target seeker.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile features a low radar cross section and IR signature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has sophisticated target discrimination and selection capabilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is extremely resistant to chaff, active jammers, decoys, and other electronic countermeasures (ECM).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>missile engagement planning system (MEPS)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides an advanced user interface for generating plans for different scenarios.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/defence\/2026\/01\/14\/new-threat-to-russian-s-400-saab-shows-how-its-missile-can-cripple-the-russian-air-defence-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WEEK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RBS-15 Missile is a fire-and-forget surface-to-surface and air-to-surface anti-ship missile with land attack capability. 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