Diehl Defence Sets Sights On ASEAN Air, Coastal Defences
TARGETING to safeguard Southeast Asian skies and coastlines, Diehl Defence is showcasing their state-of-the art IRIS-T SLM medium-range ground-based air defence (GBAD) system. The IRIS-T was originally an air-to-air guided missile that was later designed to be launched from missile container launchers on the back of a truck. An IRIS-T battery is made up of three components, a launcher unit, multifunctional radar and tactical operation centre on a MAN truck chassis. The SLM has an intercept range of 40 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 20km while its radar detection range is 250km. It provides 360-degree coverage against a myriad of threats, such as fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial platforms.
Additionally, Diehl also highlighted its newer truck-launched heavy anti-ship missile (ASM) launcher for coastal defence which fires the RBS 15 Mk3 fire-and-forget missiles that can strike naval as well as land targets. Coastal defence systems are intended for regions with vast littoral environments, such as the Baltic Sea in Europe or Southeast Asia, where many countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines consist primarily of islands. To complete its survivability, coastal defence systems need to include GBAD components as protection against cruise missiles and drones.
In addition to the ship-based version, the RBS15 Mk3 can also be launched from a wide range of trucks according to specific customer requirements, so that a very effective coastal defence can be established quickly and easily. Since the missile can engage all ships and suitable land targets, user nations benefit from the very high system flexibility with regard to the launch platform as well as the target types (multi-platform and multi-target coordinated engagements). This flexibility makes the RBS15 Coastal Defence system the perfect match for parallel dominance in blue waters, at land and in rugged littoral waters.
A standard RBS15 Mk3 Coastal Defence battery consists of two to four launch vehicles which can completely operate stand alone or can be supported by the mobile command post, the ammunition supply and “in field” repair capability – all of which are available “off-the-shelf” and currently in series production.
The modular, highly-mobile and extendable RBS15 Mk3 Coastal Defence system provides maximum operational flexibility to different applications and can be tailored to the customer’s requirements. The system can be integrated into higher level command and control systems. Its low operational and logistics costs, as well as very low personnel requirements are further benefits of the RBS15 Mk3 Coastal Defence System.–shp/adj/dl (Pix:ADJ)